Our baby girl started Big School today...

Well the day finally came today. Our baby girl had her first day of Kindy, or "big school" as she calls it (daycare is "little school"). She will be going two full days a week, although they are easing them in over the first few weeks. Today, she spent the afternoon with her new teacher Mrs Bathgate, her assistant Mrs Larke and her new classmates.

So after the longest morning in the history of the world, especially for Charlotte, here she is, complete with cheesy grin... (Thanks Mel for the gorgeous lunch box set, Tupperware, no less...)

With Daddy, Lucas and the hound, Denim...

And with Lucas and I...

Getting out of the car...

Enough with the camera already...

Well come on mum and dad, let's get on with it...

Here we go...

Finding her bag hook... (The other Charlotte name tag is for a little girl in the other Kindy class)

Her little classroom...

The playground...

Getting into the toys...

Happy to be at school...

Showing Daddy the doll house...

Brett and I both got a bit choked up, when after 20 minutes, Mrs Bathgate said that it was up to parents if they stayed, or they are free to leave. All the other parents seemed to bolt out the door. Brett and I decided to leave too, as we felt she would be OK. But would we???

2 and a half hours later we raced back up to the school, dying to know how it all went.... let me just say SHE HAD A BALL!! When we got there she came out with a huge grin on her face and arms full of artwork, including a painting, a drawing, an egg-carton creation and another box creation. Our house isn't big enough for all of this!!! But hey, SHE HAD A BALL!! Then we went out for a celebratory babycino which included a full report of her afternoon.... we NEVER get a report from her after daycare.

Wednesday is Day 2..... I'll report back then!!