and here are the pictures to go with it:
Emily is carrying a “Schultüte”. Every child in Germany gets one on the first day of school, especially made for that child and with goodies inside to make the beginning of school that much more exciting. Emily looks like she has the grin frozen on her face. To her defense – she had not yet had breakfast and is a bit tense with school starting and not being allowed to open her Schultüte until AFTER school.
Anna and Emily on the first day of school This picture shows Lilly a little more relaxed with her big sister at her side.
We have four girls going to Kindergarten Emily, Anna, Megan and Regan and they all ended up in different classes.
Michael went with for the first day to say goodbye to his girls. Kathrin and I stayed to meet some other Kindergarten parents and went off to a neighbors house for a nice get together, talking about what we will be doing with our time. A common idea was to clean out the kids rooms and the house in general. I see a lot of yard sales coming up.
Well, I am better than I anticipated. The leisure morning and looking forward to seeing some friends this week surely makes it easier. I know, I will get used to this rather easily, having some time to get something done, but any growth is a little painful, too.
