Already a First Grader

Katie went back to school yesterday, and she is so excited to be a first grader! She could barely contain her enthusiasm the night before school started. After the jumping and squealing calmed down, she finally went to sleep. Then she woke up at 2:30. "Is it time to get up?" I told her she still had a lot of sleeping time before she got up. She said, "If I count to 100, will it be time to get up?"

Somehow she went back to sleep but hopped out of bed the moment she could. She was too excited to eat most of her breakfast and ran to the car to get to school.

After school, she let me know that school and her teacher were both a "thumbs up!" Later I asked her what the best part of being a first grader was. She answered, "It's good because you're not too big and not too small. You're more like one of the bigger kids, and bigger kids can mostly do whatever they love!"

I've got the world on a string!