The Lee Family: First Day of School!

The first day of school for the girls is finally here. I must say I think we've all been in denial that summer is ending, since it's been such a relaxing and lazy summer. Getting back to early mornings, having to be somewhere on time and have the day go by so quickly, just seems overwhelming. The girls went to bed and were not super excited to wake up early. Sofia has been sleeping about 14-16 hours a day in the past week! In fact, I started to get concerned but then wondered if maybe it's just nerves and uncertainty about middle school and starting 6th grade. On Sunday night, after napping a few hours that afternoon, Sofia actually fell asleep in the living room around 8pm! I tucked Olivia into bed and she was sleepy too, so thankfully neither one of them wanted to stay up half the night. When I left Olivia's room, CK told me he sent Sofia up to her bed. When I tucked her in and told her to sleep well, she was so sleepy and tired that she barely responded!

The next morning, it was hard to convince either girl it was time to wake up at 6:30am! Sofia came down the stairs confident an ready for her new adventure in 6th grade! It was amazing! She was so nervous and somehow she had a complete change of heart over night! Olivia came out of her room still pretty sleepy! I think she isn't overly excited to start getting up early, but I also think she's excited to get back to her friends and learning. We'll see how it all shakes out in the coming weeks.

The girls both had a good breakfast. Olivia had orange juice and toast and Sofia had eggs, toast and chocolate milk. Olivia has never been a huge breakfast eater, but I try to get something in her tummy. She does love her orange juice every morning! Sofia, on the other hand, is much like me and really loves her breakfast in the morning. She prefers chocolate milk in the morning.

After breakfast, the girls grabbed their "back to school" boards and we went out front for a few photos before it was time to get on our way to school. Sofia still wants to be an astronaut when she grows up and her favorite things are to read, play soccer, to swim, scooter, and to play MineCraft. Of course, she still loves dragons and she loves going to the lake! Olivia wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up, although she agonized over that for weeks! She really has no idea what she wants to do when she grows up and I assume she will want to be a teacher after a few weeks into the school year. Olivia also loves, scootering, swimming, playing, and pretending she's either a dragon or a unicorn. She loves going to the lake.

We all went together to drive Olivia to CES and ended up parking in the church parking lot and walked to the long line of parents and kids waiting for the doors to open at 7:35am for the 7:40am start of school. It seems like the school could actually open 15 minutes early on the first day of school. Also, it started raining lightly so everyone had to stand in the rain and wait. There was a rainbow, which was really cool and hopefully it is a sign of a great year ahead. We got inside school and situated Olivia in Mrs. Edelmon's 2nd grade class. We were actually there a minute late, so we didn't linger. I took a quick photo of Olivia with her new teacher and gave Olivia a hug and left. I can't believe we have a 2nd grader!

After saying goodbye to Olivia, we drove over to CTMS to drop Sofia off. Of course, there were a million cars and it was pretty crazy. As we finally made it onto campus, I asked Sofia if she wanted us to park at the SAC so she could walk in or drop her off at C Hall. She asked for C Hall and jumped out of the car once we arrived! I couldn't believe it! She was totally ready to start 6th grade! We are so happy she's excited and not nervous about starting 6th grade, even though it feels like a totally different world than elementary!

That afternoon, when I picked the girls up from school, they both had had good days and were both looking forward to the coming year. They were also very tired and Olivia actually snuck away after practicing her piano to take a nap! It might be a tired week or two, but we'll soon be back in the swing of things! So excited for this school year.

Two girls are ready for their first day of school!