First Day of Kindergarten

Andres and I both went with Lorelei this morning to start her first day of school. She had a school lunch - toast and chocolate milk - and then we walked to her class. She met her teacher, Ms. Rengel and found her seat. And then it was time for us to go. She wasn't at all fazed. When I picked her up in the afternoon she wasn't nearly happy enough to see me. Apparently she will slide gracefully right into through this transition.

In anticipation of Lorelei's first day at a big school, I reminded her how timid she was when she first started in her preschool classes. She barely spoke to the teachers for several days. Tonight she assured me that she was not too shy with the teacher and told her when she needed to use the bathroom. Apparently all the time spent playing school with Emma has emboldened her let her personality show through at school.
(Beware Ms. Rengel! Lorelei will keep you on your toes!)

She came home with a math workbook just for home practice. It is essentially a standardized test prep practice book for us to do in our family time together. Lorelei was very excited about it (come to think of it I do believe that I had a rather unnatural love of workbooks at an early age) so I let her go to town. I did however instigate that she must do the pages in order. That is certainly for my sanity and not hers. In any event, she is on page 29. It is all really basic, basic stuff that is downright easy. Good for self-esteem building (See how I am reaching for the positives? Beware Ms. Rengel! Mrs. Pfefferkorn will keep you on your toes, too.)