First Grade!

It's hard to believe it was a year ago that I facebook stalked Elisabeth's kindergarten teacher.  And chased down a Kindercare bus.

I'm proud to say that I did NOT do any of that this year. But I do believe I was the only one to ask Mrs. Maglares if I could take her picture. How could I resist? Seriously. She is equally as sweet and awesome as Elisabeth's Kindergarten teacher. I'm so excited Elisabeth is so excited!

On Wednesday we dropped off supplies, found Elisabeth's locker and her desk, complete with a yummy Ring Pop. It wasn't until Elisabeth started sucking on it that we realized how much the First Graders looked like babies with these goofy suckers in their mouths. I'm not sure that one was thought through very well.

It made for some awesome gothic lipstick though.

Elisabeth found the spot where her class lines up after recess.

She and her daddy double checked her class list to see if William was on it. He wasn't.  But it makes for a good segway on this blog post:

So Elisabeth has a special place in her heart for William. 

Like, really special place in her heart.

She has had a crush on him since they started Kindergarten together last year and rode the infamous Kindercare bus together. His mom had a baby (Elisabeth's future sister-in-law) and so William has been home all summer. It's just about killing Elisabeth.  If you and I are friends on Facebook, you may have seen posts every now and then about Elisabeth's William comments. She makes a lot of them.  Her most recent comment the morning of her first day of school?

"Mom, I really miss William. I really hope I see him today.  You know, he's really special to me. Did you know that?  I really like him a lot.  He makes my stomach feel funny.  And I think, I think, I think that I might cry when I see him today."

Wow. I fear for the teenage years.

I guess for now we'll just be happy with a sweet First Grader.  We're so proud of Elisabeth!

And I promise I won't chase anymore Kindercare busses.  That is, until Sydney goes to Kindergarten.  No promises there, people.