Gretchen started Kindergarten on Monday, 8/25. She is in the afternoon session, so she doesn't have to be at school until 12:30. It was a beautiful day for walking to school and a lot of other parents were there too. Gretchen wore her favorite Hello Kitty shirt and a cute pair of jeans. She even let me put her hair in a pony tail, which lasted until right after soccer practice Monday night.
When she walked in, we found her cubby and put her folder in it. Then hung up her backpack and found the nametag with her name on it. It had monkeys on it, which matched her backpack. That was cool. 
She had some homework from when we first met her teacher, which was a paper with pictures of her family and her and some of her favorite things. She was able to color some of the paper and write down her favorite things and we pasted pictures of the family on it. She turned that paper in and went to find a book to read on the rug.
That's when mom lost it. Yes, I cried. Well, I teared up and had to leave before Gretchen noticed. She was so happy and excited, I didn't want her to think something was wrong. I will blame it on the pregnancy, but really it's just hard to see your kids grow up. After school she said it was fantastic and she is excited every morning now when she gets up because she gets to go to school. She even sang us a song she learned on Tuesday, which was very cute.
Here are a few more pictures of her. One on the first day and the others from her second day. Her outfit was so cute, I had to take a picture.
