Documenting life...: 1st grade is here

Monday, August 20, 2007

1st grade is here

I've been worried all day. What if she doesn't have anybody to sit with at lunch, or what if she is alone at recess? And what if she gets homesick because it's such a long day?? Only 2 more hours and I will know...She was so excited for today, I hope it went well! Here are a few pics from this morning when I dropped her off. Jaren came with us too. And she insisted on wearing my necklace...how cute. We're going to make her a first day of school cake. She'll love me for that. =) By the way I'll post a picture of her backpack, it's definitely NOT Dora =).

13 comments:

Mel said...: I can't believe she is in 1st grade! What a cutie. I almost started crying when I though about how I will react the day Dallin goes to school- I can imagine how you feel. You are so cute to make a cake for her special day.; August 20, 2007 at 1:38 PM
Bethany said...: she looks so cute! i love her outfit.; August 20, 2007 at 4:39 PM
Jennifer said...: I love that one where she is standing in the crowd!!

Kyan starts Kindergarten next Monday!; August 20, 2007 at 5:33 PM
Emily said...: I agree with Jennifer - I love the one with her waiting with all the kids. Austin starts tomorrow (we're leaving for WalMart in about 10 minutes to find a backpack and other school gear), and I was trying to think of something to make it special. I might have to steal the cake idea.

She's absolutely adorable (and the necklace looks beautiful with her outfit).; August 21, 2007 at 8:58 AM
Sandy said...: I felt the same way when Matthew started two weeks ago. He was going to a new school and I was so worried that he wouldn't have friends there and would hate it, but after two days there he came home and asked me if he could go to second grade there too. Thank Goodness! Yeah AZ is nuts, they like to start school in the middle of summer pretty much! This is Matthew's third week of 1st grade.; August 21, 2007 at 11:07 AM
paige said...: If she isn't the most adoarable1st grader ever! The pictures are so cute. I am dreading having to send Polly to school, but finally having her in nursery is the greatest!; August 21, 2007 at 2:57 PM
sara said...: LOVE these pictures. wow. She is beautiful! I hope she had a fabulous day!; August 21, 2007 at 3:33 PM
Anonymous said...: How fun for her to be a first grader. I think that I will have the same thought when Tess goes, but I am glad to start with Kindergarten, I can handle that. You really are a cool Mom to make her a first day of school cake.; August 21, 2007 at 3:39 PM
Brian and Kim said...: I love the pics with Jaren holding her hand. He is such a sweet kid!! He'll make a great husband someday!!; August 23, 2007 at 9:09 AM
AudyCamp said...: She's adorable!..You're right-that's the age where all the little things start to matter..who to sit by etc. It's hard being a mom.; August 23, 2007 at 3:55 PM
Meredith said...: Wow Jen, could you GET any more comments!?

I love all of the pictures! Maddie is turning into a lovely girl!; August 24, 2007 at 10:19 PM
Rachel Clare said...: Oh my gosh, was this SO hard for you? I'm dreading the day. I hope it went well!; August 30, 2007 at 9:45 PM
Michelle Arnett said...: She's definitely way to beautiful! She is so decked out. . . she looks gorgeous, old and independant, does that scare you? Ah, what a wonderfully sweet girly girl. I love that she insisted on wearing your necklace.; September 1, 2007 at 11:01 PM

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.