Lucy's first day of preschool

Lucy started at her new school yesterday.
She's been very excited about it and she talked about it a lot in the days leading up to her first day - to anyone who would listen!
When I woke her up, I reminded her, "It's your first day of school!" and she smiled and yawned and whispered, "Yay!" with her eyes still half shut...

The excitement continued through getting ready, on the way to school, and as we walked to the door.  Once inside, everyone was greeting her and she got a tiny bit shy but when we walked into her classroom, she was once again full of confidence and excitement.

We were asked to send a backpack and she was pretty darn excited to put her giraffe backpack on (big surprise that she owns a giraffe backpack, right?):

We walked in and the first order of business was to show her teacher her new blanket in her nap bag.  I wanted to get her a new blanket for school so she's have something new and special but GranJan stole my thunder and bought her an Anna and Elsa blanket at the Disney store in Monroe on Sunday.  She, like most girls (and many boys!) her age, is all about Frozen.  She wore her Anna and Else t-shirt, had her Olaf undies on, had her hair in "one braid - like Elsa!" and had her blanket.  Her teacher, Ms. Julie, acted appropriately excited:

Here's what the blanket looks like:

I emailed the office staff to check throughout the day and they said she was doing great but I couldn't wait to pick her up and hear all about it!  She told me she had a great day and that she loves her new school.  Some highlights include a new friend named Reese (like "Reese Cup!"), the cafeteria where she ate lunch at a picnic table, and all of the baby dolls.  She said she was ready to go back again the next day.

Today is water day at school and she was instructed to wear her swimsuit to school under her clothes...which she thought was one of the coolest things ever!  She was excited again this morning and was really good about getting ready but when we got there, she was a little hesitant when it was time for me to leave.  Luckily Ms. Julie swooped in with an activity and I escaped but I'm preparing myself for some rougher drop offs as we work through this transition...
When I called to check on her today, they told me she was doing well but definitely seems hesitant when it's time to do something new...she's just got to get used to the place.

Here she was this morning:

The backpacks are meant to hold winter coats and gloves and stuff like that when it gets colder (right now we have a sweatshirt jacket inside in case she's ever cold in the classroom) so that things don't get lost or mixed up with someone else's.  And even though she only has a jacket in her bag, she insisted on taking it home last night...cute stuff.