Erin's first day!

Erin is off to school. It's her first day, and she is totally excited about it. When I woke up at 6:30, she was already up, and ready to go, all dressed in her plaid jumper, white blouse, and...... zebra print, neon colored knee socks, plus sparkly shoes. It was pretty outstanding. I got her to switch her footwear choices to white knee socks and brown shoes, and she looked adorable, especially after getting her hair put into pigtails. She was so excited to go to school.

The class is really small. From what we could tell, there are only maybe 16 kids in it. When we arrived, about half of them were already there, and she was the only girl!! Kind of funny, really. I'm sure there are other girls in the class, but she was the only one there when we dropped her off. She said quick goodbyes to me, Thak, and Orren, and was ready to get started. It was great. She was so happy to be there.

The cool thing is that at that hour of the day, it doesn't take but about 15 minutes to get there. The traffic isn't half bad, and there are only two school zones, neither of which is long, nor congested. The high schools are not an issue because they don't start until 9:00, and since the only two schools we physically pass are high schools, that eliminates the school zone issue for them entirely. The school zones we hit are for who knows what... They're out on Montwood without a school in sight, so anyone's guess there. Maybe EPPD thinks it would be fun to make everyone slow down to 20 at random places. Of course, if so, the joke is on them since everyone in this city already drives that slow!

So yeah, we pick Erin up at 2:15. I can't wait to hear how her first day went!

If this isn't the most quintessential West Texas photo ever, I don't know what is. The sky, the adobe-style school, the private school style uniform (because the public schools out here are crap! Ha!).... It's all very West Texas.


And what's in the lunchbox? Erin's idea mostly.... I think it looks yummy! It's raspberry yogurt, a PBJ, cherries, banana chips, baby carrots, and ranch. She also has a juice box, of course. We are loving her Planet Box!