Ellie goes to school

Today was Ellie's first day of school. She was a little nervous. You can't tell from her confident pictures here, but she was a little unsure of how things were going to go.
In the car she told me that she wanted me to walk her to the gate. The gate is as far as the parents get to go. Then you say goodbye and wave. I didn't want to walk to the gate. I didn't want anyone crying at the gate. Especially me. I wanted to drop her off and let the aide walk her and her cute carpool buddies to the gate.

As we talked she decided that since she had her 2 buddies to walk her to the big scary gate that she'd be OK without me.

Have you ever seen such cute kinders?

So I pulled up to the curb and gave Ellie a quick hug and kiss and everyone hopped out of the car and the aide allowed me to take a quick picture of my cuties! Then the aide shut the van door and I was on my way and they were on theirs.

Ellie had a great day at school. Carpool dropped her off and she ran and knocked on the door and when I opened it she had a big smile on her face. That makes me happy:).

I wasn't sure whether I should cry or jump for joy. My baby isn't a baby. She's in kindergarten.