Anna Kate has never gotten up this early in her life!  She said, “Mommy, we can’t get up yet… the sun’s not even out!”  She was a little confused, but it didn’t take her long to realize it was about to be her turn to go to school too!

Here she is walking up to Mrs. Paula’s, and at this point she was still giggly and excited!  She gave Mrs. Paula a notepad where she’d been practicing her “A’s” and then I took this picture of them together… and then she ran to me and started crying.  She buried her head into my chest and was full-out crying.  I said, “Anna Kate, if you use your words, Mommy can help make it better.”  She said softly, “I just love you!”  It made me feel so special!  We’ve been together almost every single day for 3 1/2 years!  It was a big step for both of us.  I couldn’t stand it, and mid-day, I called in to get a report on how she was doing.  Mrs. Paula said she cried for about 5 minutes after I left and then had a “beautiful” day! 

She couldn’t stop talking about school once she got home… everything she did, everything she said, everyone she met, everything she ate, everything Mrs. Paula said, all of it!  Our girls are sleeping good this week!