Kindergarten - 2nd day

It's day 2 of Kindergarten!!

Well, the morning didn't start out as grand as yesterday morning.  First of all, Clint left this morning for Portland for the Hood to Coast relay race.  So, it was just me and the 3 munchkins.  Ella didn't wake up in as good of a mood as yesterday either - not enough sleep for such a busy past couple of days.  I, at least, got a couple of cute pictures before the meltdowns started :)

As mentioned, there were meltdowns...Mary Catherine.  It started with her not being able to figure out why Ella was eating breakfast at home and she couldn't.   But, that being said, we managed to get out the door and get loaded up into the car. 

When we got to the school, we put Wes into the stroller and we all just bounced up into the Elementary school.  All is well - everyone is happy.  Ella proudly showed MC the Koala's and how to find her class.  But, when we got to Ella's class, Ella didn't like the fact that she couldn't go in it.  The "big Koala" was next door by another class, which means that the kids should go in there until their teachers come and call them.  She didn't like that too well.  She just stood there.  In the meantime, MC is fascinated with the colors and the pictures and the people.  I finally convinced Ella to go into the classroom and stand next to another little girl that asked me, "Where is my Mommy?" :(

So, all is good, right?  Wrong!  As soon as we turn around and start walking, Mary Catherine starts crying and screaming.  "I want Ella. I want to stay at big Kindergarten.  Where is Ella?  I want my Ella."  All the way out of the Elementary school, I held her while she screamed and cried (and remember, I was also pushing Wes in a stroller!)  We finally made it out to the parking lot and I just had to hold MC and let her sob into my shirt.  We finally got buckled into the car.  She had moments of quietness in the car, but then it would hit her again that Ella wasn't in the car and she would start crying and screaming again.  I never would have dreamed it would have hit her so hard!!

We all made it thru the day though!  She did tell me that I packed way too much food in her lunch box though.