First Day of School, 2011!

Even though this summer has been eventful and fun, we've been ready to get into a routine. Well, at least I've been ready. The girls were excited about the first day of school, but they really didn't dig the idea of waking up at 6:30am versus their usual 10:30ish wake up time. It will be a long, exhausting week, but we will persevere.  Makenzi started Kindergarten, which is really weird and extremely sad that I now have two school girls.  I remember dropping a ten month old Mak off at daycare when we were in Amarillo and her looking at me like "I got this Mom...quit CRYING." She gave me the same look Monday morning when it hit me that she was no longer my daycare baby.  If it was up to her, she wouldn't have had an escort in to the building for her big first day, but that wasn't going to happen.  Donnie still walked Sydni into school up until the last month of 1st grade.  She's going to have an escort for awhile, I fear.

It was an old hat for Sydni, and she was super-excited that she was put into a classroom with all of her best buds. She chatted a mile a minute with her long-lost friends, and didn't seem to notice when I slipped off to head to work.  Donnie took over picture duties and helped them settle in to their rooms and lockers.  At the end of the day, I was VERY eager to hear how their day went.  Sydni told me story after story about her day, and gave me an animated account of particular cafeteria conversations she had with friends, and the "AWESOME" book Mrs. Bigham read to her.  I went to the back room to interrogate Makenzi, expecting to hear her retell her day with the same enthusiasm.  Here is how our interview went down:

Me: "Makki! How was your first day of Kindergarten!" (Picture me with a ridiculous grin on my face.)
Makenzi: (Not looking away from the Disney show playing on the TV.) "FINE."

The rest of our question and answer session continued with much the same pattern...one word, annoyed answers.  Sheesh.  This is exactly why I email updates to my 8th (now 7th) grade parents.  However, I didn't know that my Kindergartner would start acting like a junior high kid so soon! Little turd. 
Here is the morning session of first day pics:

Makenzi - Kindergarten, Sydni - 2nd Grade, Me - 10th year of teaching

Daddy and his chicks!

My little girl is now a big Kindergartener!

Very excited, but still hate waking up early.

A locker shot - that little door is a BIG deal!

Sydni and Mrs. Bigham - we were so lucky to get her as a teacher.

She was a little peeved she didn't have a "real" locker like Sydni, but she quickly recovered.

Mak at her desk.

Mrs. Rich and Makenzi - Syd had her for Kindergarten and ADORED her. We are stoked we could have her for Makki, too!

Acting all shy, but she was really PUMPED about the first day.