Well, today was a big day in the Langum family...Tate had her first day of school (sniff, sniff!). She started Pre-K at Bethany Elementary and was by far the smallest child in the entire school!! Yes, kids in her class were nearly a head taller than her and since she's the youngest grade in the school that makes Tate the shortest kid in the entire school district! Jeff and I got a big kick out of that when we got back in the car...of course, we would never tell her that because in her eyes she is a BIG girl! BUT, I can tell you this...she certainly was the cutest little girl in her class!!! (if I do say so myself!)
It all started on Tuesday when Tate and I visited her school to meet her teacher, Mrs. Tidwell. Tate was quite nervous before we got there but once we got in and she saw all the toys in the classroom and some of her friends from Mother's Day Out, she felt much better about it. Last night was quite interesting though! She could not go to sleep...she was just so excited about her first day of "big girl school". We said LOTS of prayers asking God to help us settle down and go to sleep. This is an example of what Tate prayed on about the 6th time I had to go in her room..."Dear God, we are calling you again because I'm still awake!" Just like we had dialed up his number and were chatting away. Needless to say, I totally cracked up. And finally at 11:30, after 3 1/2 hours I walked out of the room and Tate said to herself with a big sigh, "I am just way too excited!"
This morning started out early as we were up at 6:30 and the entire famiy was leaving the house at 7:35! That was a miracle in itself since our family usually isn't even out of bed at that time. I told Jeff that I feel like we're all grown up now! We actually have to be up and have Tate at school every day of the week by 8:00am!
Smith wasn't quite sure about letting his big sister stay at school without him. He kept saying that he wanted to go to Pre-K too! After we hung up Tate's bag and took a few pictures, Tate knew that mommy and daddy were leaving so she started to get a little teary-eyed. We gave lots of hugs, assured her that we'd be back soon and left the room before mommy got teary-eyed too! Now it's just Smitty and me at home for the few hours while Tate is gone. He's not quite sure what to do with mommy all to himself, but I look forward to this time alone with him everyday. It's almost time to go back and pick Tate up and we'll start all over again tomorrow and everyday after that! Wow, life has officially changed for the Langum family!!
Sorry for the long drawn out story, but I had to have something written down to save for posterity (I know what you bloggers are thinking!!) Anyway, I've attached a few pictures and there are some more on my photo website. You can go to www.slangum.winkflash.com and then on the left side of the screen under View Public Shares type in slangum as the User ID. Then scroll down to the bottom and it's the last folder. Hope everyone has a fabulous day and I'll keep you updated if there's any exciting news about Tate's adventures at Pre-K!
It all started on Tuesday when Tate and I visited her school to meet her teacher, Mrs. Tidwell. Tate was quite nervous before we got there but once we got in and she saw all the toys in the classroom and some of her friends from Mother's Day Out, she felt much better about it. Last night was quite interesting though! She could not go to sleep...she was just so excited about her first day of "big girl school". We said LOTS of prayers asking God to help us settle down and go to sleep. This is an example of what Tate prayed on about the 6th time I had to go in her room..."Dear God, we are calling you again because I'm still awake!" Just like we had dialed up his number and were chatting away. Needless to say, I totally cracked up. And finally at 11:30, after 3 1/2 hours I walked out of the room and Tate said to herself with a big sigh, "I am just way too excited!"
This morning started out early as we were up at 6:30 and the entire famiy was leaving the house at 7:35! That was a miracle in itself since our family usually isn't even out of bed at that time. I told Jeff that I feel like we're all grown up now! We actually have to be up and have Tate at school every day of the week by 8:00am!
Smith wasn't quite sure about letting his big sister stay at school without him. He kept saying that he wanted to go to Pre-K too! After we hung up Tate's bag and took a few pictures, Tate knew that mommy and daddy were leaving so she started to get a little teary-eyed. We gave lots of hugs, assured her that we'd be back soon and left the room before mommy got teary-eyed too! Now it's just Smitty and me at home for the few hours while Tate is gone. He's not quite sure what to do with mommy all to himself, but I look forward to this time alone with him everyday. It's almost time to go back and pick Tate up and we'll start all over again tomorrow and everyday after that! Wow, life has officially changed for the Langum family!!
Sorry for the long drawn out story, but I had to have something written down to save for posterity (I know what you bloggers are thinking!!) Anyway, I've attached a few pictures and there are some more on my photo website. You can go to www.slangum.winkflash.com and then on the left side of the screen under View Public Shares type in slangum as the User ID. Then scroll down to the bottom and it's the last folder. Hope everyone has a fabulous day and I'll keep you updated if there's any exciting news about Tate's adventures at Pre-K!
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