Pip's in Preschool!

Since I forgot my camera in all the craziness of the older two's first day of school, I took pictures on Hazel's first day of all the kids.  (The true 'first day of school' pictures of Abby and Eli are here.)

My big 5th grade girl:

My 2nd-grader boy with his faux-hawk tolerating me:

Pip was excited about preschool until it actually came time to leave home and drive there.  Her anxiety shot way up.  I got her to stand for a photo by her cubby:

She clung to her dee and me as we walked into her classroom.  I stood next to her while she played in the purple sand until her friend Annabella arrived.  Annabella made everything okay and I left her.  She was sad on the drive home that she wasn't still at school.  It'll take some getting used to, but having a moment's peace at the store was nice.  I didn't buy a single thing I didn't need just to end the whining.