First first day.

Today was Sofia's first day of Kindergarten.  And being that she has never attended school before, this was her first first day of school.  Sofia would notably point out when hearing a "Back to School" commercial that she wasn't going back to school, she was "just going to school".

Sofia has afternoon Kindergarten but this didn't stop her from getting up earlier than normal.  She was so excited to go to school.  We started the day with a breakfast of pancakes with whip cream and blueberries.

For lunch she had her favourite Mac n Cheese.  

And then it was time to get ready to go to the bus stop.

Ahhh....

...this is where mommy and daddy had the tears flowing.

Daddy prayed a special prayer over Sofia.  

The precious 5 pound baby we brought home from the hospital was going to school.  Yes, it's just for a couple of hours but she's our baby!

We wanted to take some pics of the girls together but as you can see, Selah wasn't all that thrilled that her favourite playmate, best friend, and big sister is going off to school without her.

Sofia, however, was thrilled as can be to begin her school career.

These three girls (Miranda, Sofia, and Simi) were pretty cute waiting for their first school bus ride to school.

Then they were off.  (I could not get this pic to turn for the life of me.)

Sofia has been waiting to ride a school bus since she was 2 years old.  Seriously, this has been a lifelong dream of hers.  We were so proud of her as she got on the bus with a smile and a desire to go to school.

And we knew she was going to be okay.  One of the reasons why is because yesterday we had a welcome meeting with her teacher, Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Jones is a reading specialist and has been teaching at this school for 20 years.  We think she will be able to challenge Sofia as well as continue to grow her love for learning.

Due to it being the first day of school and needing to triple check kids at each bus stop, along with an auto accident in front of the school,  the bus didn't arrive back home until 4:45 p.m. (school was out at 3:30 p.m.).  Sofia wasn't phased a bit.  She LOVED riding on the bus.  She LOVED her first first day of school.  She enjoyed reading, playing freeze tag, drawing, and telling stories. 

Then the day ended with a popsicle.    

There will never be another one of these days.  We know many of our family and friends were praying for her and for us today.  Thank you!!!