Josie's Meet & Greet

We attended the Meet & Greet for Josie's class this afternoon. She got a chance to see her new classroom and meet her new teachers and classmates. She was EXCITED.

Josie's class is called the Lions class, hence the jungle theme in the classroom. Her teachers Mrs. Dominguez and Mrs. Onsager are so sweet, and Josie already declared tonight that she thinks they are the "nicest teachers ever."

The class did a little craft project, decorating their own picture frames. Afterwards, I gave Josie my camera and let her walk around and take some pictures herself. She made sure to take a pic of every single item in the classroom that had her name on it. She really loved seeing her name written everywhere.

Tonight at bedtime, I was asking Josie how she liked the class and the other students. There are only 2 other girls in the class of 9 kids, so she was especially happy to get to sit next to those two little girls today. "And, Mommy," she said, "those are MY friends. Maddie doesn't even know them yet!"

I was so caught up in watching Josie work the room today, and just taking it all in, that it didn't really hit me that my baby is going to school until I was uploading pictures tonight. I'm a little sad that she's getting so old so fast, but I'm also so excited for her because I know this is something she has been looking forward to for the past year or so. Though a little more shy than Maddie most of the time, Josie is still a very outgoing, social kid who loves to play with other kids of any age. I just know she is going to love her time at school this year.