My first day of first grade was today.  I think the confetti under my pillow helped me have a good nights sleep.  I was awake before Barbara left at 6:30 to babysit Anna Kate.

Barbara brought Anna Kate to my house so they could watch me get on the bus this first day of school.  AK wanted to go with me.

I had already picked out my clothes and had my backpack ready so I only had four things to do:  Eat breakfast, brush my teeth, brush my hair, and get dressed.   I was not hungry and not at all willing to eat.  I had a few bites of toast and drank some milk.  Maybe I was a bit nervous about my first day of first grade.  I'll probably be better able to eat tomorrow.

I was outside waiting for the bus at 7:30am.  Mommy, Anna Kate, GGM, and Barbara were all there with me.  I kept wondering where all the kids were.

I did this for my dad.

At 7:45am I was the only child waiting for the bus when it came around the corner.  I found out later that Alyssa's family all over slept.  They woke up at 8:10 and rushed to get to school before 8:25am.  They were not counted as tardy.  And Cole was not able to go to Meet the Teacher day so his mom took him to school this morning to meet his teacher for the first time.  They will all be on the bus for the second day of class.

Bus number 325.
I knew right where to go to get to my class.  There were two children in this class that were in my kindergarden class.  Tobin, who is my best friend, and Amanda.  They both sat in my little group of four.

Mrs. Cat took this picture of me today on my first day of first grade.

We said the Pledge of Allegence along with the Public Address system and listened to annunouncements.  The first thing we did was draw.

I took my lunch and in my lunch box I found this note.  I ate all of my lunch except for a few carrots.  I like having recess right after lunch.  But today we had indoor recess because it was raining.

We have a different behavior reporting system this school year which I will take home every day for my parents to sign.  I told Barbara I got orange today and Alyssa got blue.   We were pleased to hear that we were clipping up and down like we did last year.  Orange is great job.

Our daily schedule.

Getting off the bus.   The trip home from school was different.  The driver turned left onto Kuykendahl and drove all the way down to the railroad tracks.  The kids were all hollering that she was going the wrong way.  She turned into a neighborhood to turn around.  The other reason we were late getting home was the traffic at school was horrid.  There were so many cars that the buses could not get to their pick up points.  We got home at 4:10pm instead of the normal 3:40pm.

Alyssa and I both had a good day in our class with Mrs. Cat.  Alyssa is two months younger than me.

I played with Alyssa and Cole at all of our homes.  Anthony did homework and played video games. I ate spaghetti and meat balls with Alyssa's family.   The parents have all agreed that 7pm is time for everyone to go home to have family time and get ready for bed and school the next day.

I was in bed by 8:30pm and asleep before 9pm.  I had a hard time unwinding from this exciting day.

Willis house today.