to school. Last night was the Woods Hotdog Cookout*. This marks just another line along the way in the progression to school starting next Tuesday. We went in the school, hung out in Emma's classroom for 5 or 10 minutes looking around. On our way back out we saw Emma's teacher who was very friendly and knew Emma and talked to her and complimented her on her hair. We also saw several of Emma's friends from school. We had our hotdogs with Hannah, who was one of Emma's better friends, and saw several of the families from our neighborhood that we've gotten to know. Emma also got to pick up her school supplies which we had ordered through the school as a fundraiser kind of thing. She was very excited about those. They came in a cardboard box thing with a handle kind of like a suitcase.
*This is a misnomer since the only outdoor activity that took place was going out to play on the playground. The rest of the time we were inside the school.
After that we went home and Emma wanted to unpack the school supplies and look at them all. It's fun how little things like that really make her excited ... just paper and folders and pencils and stickers with her name on them. We talked to Hannah's mom a bit and I think the feeling of excitement/nervousness is pretty common in many of the first graders. Emma was very hyper/excited/nervous and didn't end up falling asleep until around 10p. She's a real thinker/worrier who will stay awake pondering things in the dark ... I think she did a lot of that last night.
Today Cole (1st grade) and Olivia (3rd grade) are over to play. They live a couple doors down the street. Tomorrow Emma's good friend Olivia from her class is coming over. Things are moving ever onward!
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