miley's middle names

i was worried about miley starting kindergarten. not because she isn't capable. "capable" is her middle name. miss miley capable suggie. but her other middle names (unaccommodating/stubborn/fiercely independent) worried me. she plays by her own rules, speaks her mind, yet still manages to steel hearts. our beautiful little dichotomy (tiff's perfect word for miley).

tiff is usually right when it comes to miley, and her response to my kindergarten gitters was no exception- i didn't have anything to worry about. miley's first and subsequent days of kindergarten have gone on without a hitch. we were lucky enough to get the wonderful teacher we requested. mrs. c ran around that first day of school singing, dancing, and carrying on as if there wasn't a room full of adults watching her. it was great. long live the energetic kindergarten teacher.

there was one runner on the first day. a little boy that cried, screamed for his parents, and beat on the windows. my heart broke for him and his poor, poor mom. i don't think i could deal with that. i would home school (exaggerating- i could never home school).

bearing in mind how grateful i was that i had never had to pry myself away from a screaming child, i gave miss independent a tear-filled squeeze good-bye, she looked at me like "why in the world are you still here?"

first day of second grade

first day of kindergarten, first day of first grade, first day of second grade

this morning was full of firsts for miss mia- new school, second grade, riding the bus. and she wasn't nervous about any of them, only excited! she was not happy when mom insisted on taking her to school for her first day, she would have much rather ridden the bus to her sparkly new school.

the district completed construction on the site just a few weeks ago. all the kids sat in the school's beautiful outdoor amphitheater and watched the ribbon cutting before walking in single file lines to their classrooms where they were instructed to say good-bye to their parents.

this was the first year our family had two kids starting school at the same time. we had to split up- brian & trouble pants accompanied mia to the ribbon cutting while i went to kindergarten with miley. i did cry this morning (of course!), but only because i couldn't be in two places at once.

i made it back to mia just in time to give her a good-bye hug and tell her that i was proud of her. because i am. very, very proud of the beautiful individual she is turning out to be.

and now i'm crying again.