First week of all day school

 We have officially made it through the first week of First grade. It has been a crazy week for Brookie. After school on Wednesday we took her to the Insta care by our house to find out that her arm is broken and will have to be in a cast. Right now she has it in a splint and a sling. She has done so well adjusting though. 

At school her teacher tapes down her paper so that she can write/color with her left hand better. I can't believe how well she is doing with it. Mine wouldn't even look that good! 

She is such a strong little girl. She hasn't complained about her arm one bit. She will occasionally ask if she can have a break from the sling but that's it.. She just keeps on smiling. 

 Today is her first week of full day school. Last week all the students went from 8:40-1:15 which kind of felt like Kindergarten to her. This week however it's 8:40-3:15. Hopefully she wont mind the few extra hours. It will be kind of weird without her being around for that long. At least she is enjoying school! On Friday she was so excited to tell me she met a new friend named Sam. She kept telling me how nice and fun she was. I was so so so excited for her to meet a new friend that is in her class! It will be fun when she can play at recess without worrying so much about hurting her arm. She will be getting her cast on tomorrow and I will be posting pictures! I think she is kind of excited that kids can color on her cast.

1st day of First Grade- August 20th, 2014

This Monday evening we had Brooklyn's back to school night. The school sent us out a letter that was suppose to tell us what class she was going to be in. The letter didn't come until Saturday and it had the wrong name on it. We didn't know anything really when we went to back to school night. Once we got to the office, they told us how they had some students stuff the envelopes and they didn't realize the name on the letters needed to match the name on the envelopes. Haha. We learned that her teacher this year is Mrs. Tilley.  It  kind of confused me at first because she is a Kindergarten teacher. She is also the sister to Brooklyn's Kindergarten teacher. When we went to meet with her, she told me that she just found out two days ago that she would be teaching First grade instead of Kindergarten. One thing I don't like too much is that she is in the Kindergarten hall instead of being with all the other  first grade classes. I guess it will be okay. I really do like her teacher. This year since Trace has Preschool three days a week and for about three hours, I volunteered to help in Brooklyn's class every Friday. Hopefully she wont mind her mom hanging around since she is only in First grade! :) 

Last night I put Brooklyn in bed around 9pm to help her get plenty of rest. The poor little girl couldn't sleep at all. Yesterday, She tried doing a new gymnastics trick and hurt her arm. I don't think she broke it but it still bothers her. Around 2am I crawled into bed with her to help her sleep better. 6:30 this morning I woke up to a very nervous little girl. I asked her what was wrong. She said, "I am worried that I will have to write and color with my arm that hurts." She was almost in tears and it broke my heart. I explained to her I would tell the teacher what was going on and she wouldn't have to worry about it. If it continues to hurt I might be taking her in to the doctor tonight. 

After I finished getting her ready I got her lunch ready. Tyler and I decided this year to try to pack Brooklyn's lunch each day rather than have her eat school lunch. When I was growing up I almost always ate school lunch and Tyler never did. I think he really enjoyed having his mom pack his lunch and wanted me to do the same for our kids. I found some cute ideas on Pinterest on how to make home lunches more fun for kids. Last night I found the awesome Cinderella containers and thought they would be perfect for her lunches. I also found a cute sandwich cutter that cuts it into hearts, I think she will enjoy that.

 It was really hard for me to watch her go into her classroom today. I can't believe she is in First grade. I am going to miss her being around at home all day. She is the sweetest girl and always is looking for ways to make my days better. I am so very blessed to be her mom. I hope she has the best year and I am so excited to watch her learn and grow.

PS. If anyone has good Lunch ideas please text me with them or leave them in the comments! I need something besides sandwiches for her! :)