We packed Ella's lunch again, so she is excited about taking her lunch. But, she wanted to eat in the cafeteria for breakfast this morning so that she could "practice going to her room all by herself." With Wes in the stroller and the girls hand-in-hand, we walked into the school again this morning. Instead of following the Koala's, we went to the cafeteria. It was MUCH busier than it was Wed morning!! She put her book bag down and got in line. I couldn't stomach leaving her, so the 3 of us went to the back of the cafeteria to watch her go thru the line. Mary Catherine was fine at first. She was sitting at a table and was playing around a little, but then started getting louder and more emotional. I finally held her and convinced her to watch for Ella. We watched her get her cereal and milk and then go to the lunch lady and give her name and then watched her go and sit down. I just couldn't stand it anymore, so we had to walk over there to just give her a hug and let her know how very proud I am of her. As I bent down, she said, "Mom, I can't get my milk open. Can you help me?" I politely told her, "No sweetie, you need to figure it out yourself." (boy was that hard!!!) Then like 2 seconds later, she got it! She was so happy and the little boy beside her just beamed from ear to ear. MC bent down and gave her a big hug and then we left. Of course, MC cried. Not quiet as bad as yesterday, but she still cried nonetheless. She was still upset that we left Ella, but today, she was also upset that we didn't follow all of the Koala's and go to the cool classrooms :)
I still can't believe I have a "kindergarterner" :)
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