First day of Kindergarten

I can't believe it - Keira started kindergarten this morning. Blair and I decided to send her to St. Leo's catholic school. We have switched to St. Leo's parish and expect to be as thrilled with the school as we are with the church. On friday, Keira has a Kindergarten tea to get to meet her teacher and get to see her classroom. She was pretty nervous on friday but we know once she gets settled, she will be very happy. Keira has a wonderful teacher, Mrs. Merrill and is crazy about the principal, Mr. DiPippa. Ironically, at the parent orientation on Wednesday, I thought the principal was a dud. It turns out that he is really good with the kids. What has Keira most excited is that he has a stuffed lion (named Leo) that the kids get to take turns bringing home to take care of.
Well, after a weekend where Keira just really wasn't herself, we went off to school this morning. I barely slept last night worried about the first day but luckily Keira seemed to sleep well and work up very happy. She put on her uniform with no fight (luckily her school has shorts as the warm weather uniform) and was generally pretty relaxed. Keira was being silly on the car ride. When we got to school, we opted not to try the carpool drop off this morning and I walked Keira up to the door. She was doing great until one of the middle schoolers wanted to take her in to her classroom. We decided to wait outside for her teacher (who was helping with the carpool drop off) or one of the girls she meet on friday who would be sitting at her table. Just before the last bell rang, Mrs. Merrill and Savannah (she is sitting next to Keira) came to the door to head in. Keira was all smiles when she saw Savannah and went in without tears or needing to be pulled off of me (as was the case last year). I, on the other hand, made it about two steps before the flood gates opened - providing great laughter for the pastor who was standing there.
Keira only have a half-day today and so I am anxious to pick her up. We are going for a special lunch. Anyway, I wanted to provide a quick update and post pictures. I will update more later after I pick Keira up.