First Day of Third Grade

We can't believe it!  Today was Kayleigh's 1st day of school!  She is such an amazing little girl.  We arrived at school with her about an hour late.  Kayleigh had to wear a mask to school today because her ANC (immune) levels are very low and she is at high risk of infection.  This didn't seem to bother her one bit!  She was so excited to see her friends and teacher.  Kayleigh was very blessed to get the same teacher, Mrs. Lamb, that she had last year.  She's looking forward to spending another year with Mrs. Lamb.  Kayleigh's teacher and class welcomed us in to their room with ease.  I was so impressed with how quietly they were reading and how they didn't make a peep when we entered the room.  They acted as if nothing was going on.  I can't say that I remember my second graders being this way in the past.  Anytime we have a visitor that needs to talk with me, they seem to get louder not quieter.  I guess that's an area I need to work on!  LOL  Anyway, back to Kayleigh! We helped to get her settled, situated, and then we sat in the back of the room to observe.  Mrs. Lamb invited the boys and girls over to have a morning meeting.  She had each child introduce them self to the group so that Kayleigh could begin to learn her new classmates names.  After the morning meeting, the students did some more read to self time, then a bit of writing, and last we all headed down to the gymnasium for an assembly.  The awesome staff, nurse Ana and social worker Pam, from Children's came to present information about Leukemia to the entire third grade.  This brought comfort to Kayleigh, knowing that everyone may better understand what's going on with her and what changed will take place for her.  The assembly was fantastic and the students really asked some great questions.  Nurse Ana came up to talk to me when it was over and I was sharing how we were going to be taking Kayleigh home with us, we didn't want her to overdo it the first day.  She told us that Kayleigh had expressed to her that she wanted to stay at school for the whole day.  So, despite our nerves, we allowed her to and had a very much needed afternoon date.  Lunch at LongHorn Steakhouse and shopping at Sam's, woo hoo!  We went to pick her up from school and at that time delivered 5 very large bottles of Sam's hand sanitizer to her classroom.  We were please to see that she made it through the rest of the day, had a wonderful time, and was ready to go back tomorrow.  We're so proud of Kayleigh and admire her strength and courage!