Sydney goes to school

As most everyone knows : ) Sydney started preschool yesterday! I took her to the summer orientation playgroup on several occasions over summer, so the building and Mrs. F were all familiar to her. She did great yesterday. After much conversation over the last few weeks, she was prepared to be there with all of her friends and teacher. Parents stayed with their child yesterday.

I have been photographing the kids at the nursery school for the last two years. This fall will be my third year (thanks to Pam for suggesting me for the job). I am so glad that I am so familiar with the school and with Mrs. F. She is a great teacher and she has the best personality! I am also glad to know that several of our friends have sent all of their kids through this school. As much as I am going to miss her for the several hours a week that she is gone, I know this will be awesome for her. It will also be great to have some one on one time with Sawyer.

Who couldn't feel welcomed with a sign like this.
Anxiety took over a little bit as we were heading out the door. She was a mix of nerves and excitement.

She climbed the steps of her school with such purpose. I was so proud of her.

During our one on one meeting with Mrs. F, she showed all of the kids where to hang their backpacks. Sydy was so excited to hang her backpack up.

With all of the kids and parents there, it was very crowed in our "little red nursery school." But she quickly found some fun activities to do. She kept looking up at me to make sure I was still there, but she really got involved. NOTE: I found out from my friend Mike that when he went to this school, it was called the little red nursery school. So fun to know the history of this school.

The corn table is the most popular activity. She played with it several times over the summer, so she immediately went to this activity. Soybean had fun with the corn table.
I know this post should be all about Sydney...but Sawyer acted like she owned the place. She was just as excited to play as Sydney was. She raced around and acted like she was one of the 3 year olds. I was kind of bummed that she never gave me a backwards glance! Several of the parents were commenting at her "big kid" personality! She really took to one of the daddy's and she followed him around a lot! I think she is going to love preschool in a few years! My little spitfire!

***As I write this post, I hear Sydney in the living room talking to Sawyer about going to see Mrs. F tomorrow!!!!!