Meet the teacher and Surviving the First Day (Jimmy that is...)

Wednesday was Ella's meet and greet with her teacher at her school- New Vistas in Chandler. Her teacher is Mrs. Esposito. I told Ella it was her first day of school rather than confuse her. I also wanted school to be something that she thinks is fun and not scary, so I talked it up all week and even baked her a cake with sprinkles! She kept saying "It's my Birthday!" and I told her it was her "Big Girl Day" because she was starting school. I think the cake really helped her be excited and not scared of going to school. Here is Ella with her cake:



Ella picked out her own backpack (Disney princesses) and couldn't wait to put it on and wear it into school. Here she is with her new backpack:



Happy 30th Anniversary New Vistas plus Ella's classroom!



Showing the teacher her new backpack and running around excited!



Ella's Cubby... Ryen was looking for hers too ;)



Ella's goodybag and her searching for toys!



Thursday was Ella's first official day. We all went together and dropped her off. She was very excited to go into her classroom again. When she realized we were going to be leaving her she suddenly got shy and was putting her fingers in her mouth and seemed hesitant to sit with the other kids on the floor. We decided it would be best to just say goodbye and leave her instead of babying her. Teacher said she was shy for a bit but then was GREAT! Here are photos of her going into school today and a photo of her and some friends after school when Daddy went to pick her up. Ella has already made some boyfriends apparently! I decided to edit the last photo to let these boys now that Ella is off limits and let Ella know that boys are dangerous! Just Kidding! We know these boys from the neighborhood :)




So here is the funny part! Jimmy was a little freaked out and uneasy all morning. He had a knot in his stomach. This was the first time we had left Ella with people that were not close friends or family and just drove away. Even with the daycare at the gym, I am in the building. So it was weird for us to drive off and put all our trust in these people to keep her happy and safe. Next thing I know he is telling me he wants to be the one to pick her up at school and he wants to take her to lunch. She didn't get out of school till 11:15am and he was at the school by 10:50am- LOL! It was so funny and SO CUTE that he was so worried about his baby! He took her to lunch at Peter Piper Pizza (her favorite) and he even gave her Sprite- which he NEVER does! Hee Hee! What I love even more about him is that he whipped out the camera and took photos when he picked her up at school and wasn't afraid to take photos at Peter Piper Pizza, because he KNEW that I would want photos. Most guys wouldn't have wanted to look silly taking photos of their kid but he didn't care! I love him... (sigh)

Here are some photos of Ella and Daddy after school!




Ryen wanted to get in on the action too, but I told her NO way! She needs to stay a baby a little longer than Ella seemed to... =(