Liza Grace Goes to School

Oldest grandchild Eliza Grace started kindergarten Thursday, August 25. She'll turn five on Sunday. These photos are copied from her daddy's website; if you'd like to see more go to: http://homepage.mac.com/steverinojohnson/iblog. I think she's absolutely adorable...but also she chooses to be her own unique self in her own unique style, and that's awesome, too. I used to tell my girls, "You can wear whatever you want to school, as long as you don't look like everybody else. I want the teachers to notice you so you'll get more attention." I hope Liza never does follow the fads when it comes to style and apparel choices.
What a gorgeous morning near the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia -- Momma Anna Maria is holding Eliza's hand who told me, when asked how she felt about school, "I'm a little bit excited and a little bit scared, too." I told her I felt the same way, very excited but also a bit scared about her going to school. (What I didn't say, but felt, is that I also felt very old -- it's one thing to have grandchildren, but to have school-aged grandchildren is something else). Maggie, in red, is following along behind.
Liza getting on the bus. Daddy Steven, on his blog, said that the driver missed their stop. It was an hour and a half past the drop-off time before a frightened little girl met up with her parents. When asked all she said to me, "It was a lot of fun." Then she told me about a craft project she'd made at school--something about dipping her hand in pant and then leaving a print on paper? Anyway the 2d went without incident and Eliza arrived home on time.