Touring the Kindergarten

The other day we went on Lulee's preschool field trip to visit and tour the Kindergarten that is located next to her preschool.  This will be the elementary school that she will actually attend as well.  It is very sentimental to our family and is a very old school.  My Nanny went there when it was a high school and had her picture made on the front steps.  Years later they turned it into an elementary school.  Our oldest Sadie Bug attended there and got her picture made in the very spot on the steps that her great-grandmother had years ago.

Since getting to know my Hubby's history, come to find out his younger brother went to this same school.  So it is sentimental on both sides of our family. And if that doesn't make it special enough already, a teacher that teaches there was my Brownie leader when I was close to Lulee's age at my Christian elementary school.  Walt Disney had it right....It's a small, small, world. :)

We toured the library, which was absolutely awesome!!!  They made reading look so fun, which we all know it is, but I remember as a kid not wanting to touch a book.  They even get to read so many books, collect points for reading the books and at the end of the year whoever wins gets to throw a pie in the Principal's face....now if that's not incentive to read, I don't know what is. ;) We toured the computer room, which she will get to use during Kindergarten, yeah!!!! We toured the gym and floods of memories from Sadie Bug's Kindergarten graduation came rushing back to me...I thought I was going to cry right there.  Such a happy, proud, bittersweet day.

 

The best part was when we went into the cafeteria and got to get a school lunch and eat with all the soon-to-be Kindergartners, especially ours.  Lulee was so overwhelmed, she had no clue where to begin.  They actually had a choice of 3 milks...white, chocolate and then OMGoodness the clouds opened up and the sunshine poured down on her favorite of all favorites....STRAWBERRY!!!  The girl's eyes got soooo big, it was like it was Christmas morning.

We had a great time touring the school with our preschooler and asking all kinds of questions....I don't think we missed one from A-Z.  This is going to be such an exciting time for all involved.  Little Lulee will experience the big school, Mommy and Daddy will experience a semi mini empty nest syndrome again. Brynlea will not know what to think...she will get us to herself...with Sadie at school and Lulee at school.  She will have one on one time.  She will look forward to the two of them coming home....just like Lulee and her do now waiting for Sadie Bug.  Sadie walks in the door and they both yell to her, in excitement.  Lulee yells Sadie.....and Brynlea yells "Dadie."  So sweet!!!