School Days

Can it be here already? First day of school came to our house today. Olivia is starting at a new school today, The Kinsella Magnet School of Hartford. I had a lot of trepidation before school started. She's going from 7:45 to 2:15 (aah!) and it's in Hartford...so it's not at all what she has experienced in the past. But, it's Olivia...one of the most adaptable children ever (are you listening Luke??). So, she psyched herself up for the first day (seeing the dance halls, piano rooms and the theatre really got her pumped) and went to school with a great attitude. We hung out for the first 1 1/2 hours to see how it went. They met in their rooms and then headed to breakfast.

It was really hard to stand back and let her do it all on her own, but I won't be there with her everyday, so I had to let her get her own food. She did well with her drinks and bagel. But, she was confused (as was I) at why she had graham crackers for breakfast. She ate them.

After that they all got their balloons with cards attached with their names on them and headed off to the annual balloon launch. This is something they've been doing for years (despite the fact that tons of birds have probably choked on those balloons!) and this year it was special because they just opened the doors to the new school (literally they were pulling the stickers off of things as we visited the other day! We unpacked toys for the teacher). The mayor was there for the opening as well as some VIPs from donating corporations (Travelers Insurance and CL&P) and 2 news crews (I did sort of miss doing shoots when I saw them doing their stuff). It was pretty cool to see all the balloons go up and the kids were really excited (except the kids whose balloons got stuck in the trees...or didn't get off the ground!).

After the launch, we waved goodbye and left her there for the rest of the day. When I picked her up I got the typical conversation.

What did you guys do?

I don't know...played.

Did you read a story?

No, my teacher doesn't read (not true)

What did you eat for lunch

I don't know...something silly

I might have to ask the teacher what they did just to give her a prompt!