Kindergarten!

Her backpack weighed as much as she does! 

The whole family walked to school, but her favorite part was walking to school with her good friend Abigail, a first grader! 

There weren't tears, she just found her place, put everything up and set down. Then she told me bye. This was the point where she was ready for me to go so she could get to coloring!

She did great. I did pretty good, too. In reality, Chris and I have been preparing for this day for a long time, not mentally, but literally. She's always been on a list - multiple lists - even four lists before she was born - so we could get her into a good school in Memphis. Savings accounts, pre-K feeder programs, residential boundaries were all a balancing act...so today was almost a relief because we aren't on any more lists. We're there!  She is in a great public school that we can walk to! Here's hoping that her kindergarten year is a great one!