Another milestone reached.

Yesterday, Lauren officially entered kindergarten. A year ago, the idea of her starting kindergarten was…the last thing on our minds, not to mention, a week ago Monday, she was just getting out of the hospital after a month-long stay.

Was she excited? What an understatement! The night before she picked out what she was going to wear and laid it out neatly on her bed (which is not a problem since her and Marissa still sleep with us, but we'll be kicking them out of our room soon in preparation for the new baby).

Before she fell asleep she reminded me (for the 5th time), to set the alarm clock for 6:30 a.m. She then wanted to know how loud the alarm was. At 5:30 a.m. she woke me to tell me we forgot to get out her shorts to wear under her dress, she then let out an "Oh no! We forgot to pack my lunch" and then, "We need to bring my folder for my homework."

She did say a few times leading up to Monday that she was a little nervous about starting kindergarten, but after giving daddy a kiss, mommy a kiss, Marissa a kiss, Granda and Granny a kiss goodbye (yes, she had an entourage walk her to her classroom), she walked into her classroom and sat in her seat with no problems at all.


When I asked her at the end of the day if it was as fun as she thought it was going to be, she said it was even better!!

Dr. Finlay thinks it's a great sign that she is so eager to learn and go to school. Now we'll just have to hold our breath and cross our fingers and hope she doesn't catch anything (the regular flu or the swine flu). We did made sure to pack a little bottle of hand sanitizer and the teacher has masks for Lauren to wear if any kids start coughing (it was her idea. She had a child with cancer in her class last year.).