first day of school.

sarah kate had a great first day!

unfortunately, sarah kate has decided that playing on the porch of our church fellowship hall is so much fun. it really slowed us up this morning. it went something like this....me: "come on sarah kate." sk: "no, follow me mommy, follow me!!" me: "sarah kate, we need to keep walking." sk: "no, this way mommy!!" and so forth.

sk wanting to play on the porch:


sk finally following mommy:


sk going into school like a big girl....


sk loved the fish sign outside her door. she said, "swim, swim, swim" while she moved it back and forth=) her room is an "under the sea" theme....perfect!


looking a little worried....


hanging up her bag on her cubby hook:


friends!! right off the bat, she noticed alden and violet sitting at the table playing with - gasp - playdough!!

i think she took alden's playdough roller=)


bye mom!


i picked her up through the carpool line today so i didn't really talk much to her teacher but she did say that sk did great! so proud of my big girl=)

AND, speaking of my "big" girl...i hung a sticker chart by her frog potty which is by her bathtub. she can put a sticker on her chart if she goes tinkle before or after bath. she went last night and tonight! that's 4 times total so far.....i think it's a good pre-potty training experience! she couldn't make herself 'go' before bath tonight but she really really wanted a sticker. i told her that she could only put a sticker on her chart if she actually went tinkle in frog potty. she asked to sit on it again after she got out of the tub and she tinkled away! right when she started to go she said, "hooray, sarah kate!!" ha! then, after careful consideration, she proudly chose an elmo sticker to put up on her chart. too cute=)