Back to School

August 6th:  Cressey ended her Young 2s year with Mullins and her wonderful teachers. She got so attached that it was hard for all of them to say goodbye. Fortunately, she will be back at Mullins one day this year and has Ms. Micah again!

August 8th:  Back to school night at SAA for both girls. Cress will be in the PK2 program two days a week, and HG will be starting 4th grade. Cressey was MAD about putting on her shoes, and it took us a while to get across the street and happy.

Trying out sissy’s new seat in her new classroom

Sissy got her locker situated.

Warming up a bit and heading to see her classroom. While we were walking across campus from HG’s classroom to Cressey’s, I stopped to talk to a teacher that had HG in camp this summer. After a minute or two, Cress tugged my hand and said, “No talk!!” She was ready to see her part of school.

Showing Mia the fish tank

Each morning, Cressey has to find the owl with her name on it and “fly” it into her classroom, which greatly eases the transition. She thought that was so cool.

Looks like the night was a success!

August 15th:  A new year at Mullins in the 2K room started, and Cress was just NOT feeling the need to get dressed, put on shoes, or leave the house. It was rough. I got her there and asked Micah to try to get some ‘first day’ pics. She wasn’t successful either, but Cress did go in the room without too many tears.

Later that night, we tried to get Cressey’s uniform on her for a trial run. Even with HG and me both attempting to drag it over her head, she put up QUITE a fight. Whew.

She needed some cuddle time with Daddy after HG and I were such traitors/ meanies.

Happy by bedtime. She’s got quite the posse of “friends” these days.

August 16th:  Helen Grace started fourth grade with a half day. Btw, she was VERY resistant to pictures.

We had to bribe Cressey to be pleasant by promising a stop by the playground after we dropped HG off at her classroom.

HG wanted Cressey to feel comfortable with the drop off process, so she made an owl and a nest to practice at home. Adorable!

Missed a pic of HG’s new saddle oxfords without scuffs, but here are her shoes and new backpack after a half day’s wear and tear.

We stopped by to see Grandma after school.

The night before Cressey’s first day at SAA

Ready for her first full day

August 17th:  Cressey is up and ready for her first day at SAA! She was there for half a day with half her class for a bit of orientation. HG had her first full day.

I couldn’t get her socks or bloomers on first thing, and while she wasn’t thrilled about her uniform, HG and I didn’t have to hold her down this time to get it on her.

They found a ladybug to check out and hold so that they could both tolerate a pic.

Running down the hall to her classroom. She loves hopping on those colored shapes on the floor.

Found her owl! It worked- she ran right in. But then she turned and noticed I wasn’t behind her. She ran back to the door and cried for me, but her teacher grabbed her and I quickly left. She calmed down pretty quickly, and a month later, she’s never shed another tear or even hesitated at drop off.

At pick up, she was happy and smiling, but she kept saying, “Go, Mommy, I wanna go home.” Seemed to have a good day though.

As we got in the car, she begged for a sucker, but I had to stop and buy one for her. She was thrilled but impatient to "wanna home" as I tried to check out.

HG and her teacher, Ms. Christian

Drop off on August 23rd:  Her teacher had to ask her to come back and give me a hug goodbye!

Pick up on August 30th