At 4:00AM Ivy was trying to get us up so she could go to school.
At 4:05AM John was trying to get her to go back to sleep in her own bed.
At 4:10AM he had given up and gone back to bed himself.
At 6:30AM she was back – “I’m all ready, all I need is my shoes and breakfast.”
At 6:35AM John was begging her to go back to bed for a little big longer.
At 6:40AM he gave up and got up to have breakfast with Ivy.
At 7:15AM she came back to get me up so I could take her picture.
At 7:30AM I dragged myself outside and took some pictures of her.
At 7:40AM they finally left for school.
At 7:50AM Ivy decided she needed her Dad to walk her into school.
At 7:55AM Ivy saw her friends and left her Dad without a goodbye or a backward glance.
At 3:55PM Ivy got off the bus.
At 4:00PM Ivy told us how great her first day was.
At 5:15PM I said I was going to name a fictional Great Dane Reinold Von Hoobie Doobie and I “ruined her first day of school!”
At 6:15PM Ivy tried to eat the entire contents of the kitchen for dinner.
At 8:00PM I tucked her in bed.
At 8:05PM there was a fracas and Clara was moved to a different room!
And at 8:05PM and thirty seconds Ivy was sound asleep!
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Oh my that is way too early! I am glad the first day was great and bedtime was easy! I put two tired boys on the bus this morning.
Way too early, this morning she was tired from yesterday and slept until a regular time – thank goodness!
I love the photo of Ivy running to meet Jane! Hope the whole school year goes well for you all.
Thanks Helen. I will say that my picture taking skills before I’m all the way awake are fairly terrible. Crooked, blue, fuzzy… but I also love the one of her running off the bus – Apparently I’m an afternoon photographer. 🙂
Yes! By the look on her face running to meet Jane, she did indeed have a great first day of school! Whew!
I think she really did – I’m off to go meet her again to see how the second day went!
All that excitement! I hope she remains upbeat about school always.
I hope so too. I also hope that as the year goes on she can keep that sunny attitude in the picture for more than the trip down the driveway. She’s a very tired, very cranky girl this week!
Oh Jessie, I just love this! Your little girls are so full of life, and I love the way you describe their events in life! I really hope that Ivy continues to be so excited about school…and I LOVE the picture of her little sister waiting for her to get off the bus. Simply the best 🙂
Thanks Becky, Jane was so excited to see Ivy after not seeing her all day. They were both awful cute about it. 🙂
Oh yes they were! Adorable, actually 🙂
I just love the picture of Ivy getting off the bus and Jane ready to welcome her big sister home!!!