Claire's First Day of School

It has finally arrived--school is in session again! Claire went through quite a withdrawal when it ended in May, so she was more than ready to get back to St. Mark's for a new year. She had a little "meet the teacher" session last week where she found out her new teacher wasn't going to be new at all! Ms. Amanda, her wonderful teacher from last year, moved up to the 3-year old class and will be Claire's teacher again this year! Hooray!

Today is her real first day of school, and my what a difference a year makes. (Click here for a recap of last year.) Last year the only way to get her out of the car was through bribery, and this year she didn't even want me to go in with her! I insisted, though, because I wanted to take some pictures. And to make sure she actually knew where to go. She did.

And the school day went wonderfully! Madeleine and I were waiting outside for her class to come out of their building at the end of the day, but Claire was so intent on following directions and staying in line that she didn't even notice us. She said she had a great day, and her favorite thing was playing on the playground with Christian. She said she also had fun playing in the kitchen with Aidan. We stopped by the picture tree on the way to the car for the mandatory first day of school shot and picked up ice cream sundaes as a treat on the way home. She was too tired to eat hers, though, which means the day was a success!!!!