Cora Goes to School

How is it even possible that our baby Cora Jane had her first day of school today? I swear she looked so much more grown up going to bed tonight than she did when she woke up this morning.
She woke up quietly excited this morning, put on her super cool "I could be a Gap model" outfit, put her arms through her giant backpack, and was ready to go! She has the same teacher in the same classroom that Leyna had last year so it wasn't too much of a shock for her. Today was just a one hour visit for half of the class and all the mommies got to stay and hang out. She was a little shy and clingy at the beginning but by the end of the hour she was Ms. Independent. She even went all the way across the room by herself to give goodbye hugs to her teacher Ms. Marshall and the assistant Ms. Tammy. TOO CUTE!

Walking in. Shy but cool ;)

Of course her big sister was there for support. Her big sister who spent the ENTIRE morning moping in anticipation of how much she was going to miss her little sister. She was also a little jealous that she doesn't have her first day until tomorrow.

Waiting for the classroom door to open

Hanging her backpack in her cubby!

Finding her name. So excited she got a PINK pencil!

Doing puzzles with her friend Braden (who happens to be our neighbor)

Story time!

Such a good little listener :)

Loving the "5 little monkeys" song. She already knew all of the words thanks to her big sister so she sang right along and did the hand motions. I was proud :)

After story time the kids were dismissed one by one to wash their hands for snack. The teacher asked if anyone had any questions and all of the kids raised their hands. When it was Cora's turn Ms. Marshall said, "What's your question Cora?" Cora said, "Ummm... My shoes are brown!" LOL
After class Leyna was waiting in the lobby with Nana and Pee Paw. When the girls saw one another they were so happy they embraced in a HUGE hug.
Stay tuned for Leyna's first day tomorrow...