Kindergarten Kid

Today is Zahra's first day of Kindergarten. She's in Mrs. Conton's class at Golden View Elementary. Right now, as I type this, she's sitting in Room 4, getting used to new surroundings and people. Here's Zahra, sitting on the couch, just before we left the house to walk her to school. Usually, Willie goes in to work at 6:30 (and I don't work until the afternoons), but today he went in later than usual so he could be there to walk her to school for the first day. As you can see in the picture, she seemed so happy and excited to go.

It was hard to get Zahra to look at the camera or keep her eyes open, but here we have her modeling her school bag for us.

She was so happy when we were waiting out on the sidewalk (Willie was closing the door and locking up). She started dancing around, kicking her legs up, back and forth. It was awesome!

On the walk to school....

In front of the school sign...

Hiding behind Max & waiting with Mom...

Saying goodbye to little brother...

Waiting for the teacher to come out of the classroom and take the kids in...

And more waiting...

Once Mrs. Conton announced she would be taking the kids inside and that it was time for parents and kids to say goodbye to each other, Willie and I gave her hugs and kisses and told her we loved her. We told her to have a good day and that we knew she'd do well. The goodbyes seemed to go on for a long time, so long, that Zahra said, "Why don't you just leave already?!" It was pretty cute. She was joking about it and had a smile on her face when she said it, so it didn't seem rude or anything. She seemed ready to go in and get the year started. Since her classroom is an interior one (some rooms have doors that open to the exterior of the building), she had to go through another classroom to get to her own. Willie walked her to the door because she seemed to be walking slow and not keeping up with the rest of the kids in her class. He watched her go in and see that Mrs. Conton came by to help the kids make it into the room. He said that Zahra just kept walking and didn't even look back.

We hope Zahra has a wonderful year in Kindergarten. We know she'll do well.

We'll keep you all posted.