Back to School!!

Now that I have caught up on the summer pictures, we can get back on track for (hopefully) more timely updates on life here in the Abbas household. Second grade started for Ms. Ella on Tuesday and she was more than excited (but read below for a brief moment of panic).  Labor Day weekend, my mom came up to visit and took Ella out for a bit of back to school shopping.  They had a blast!  We also hit up the Vera Bradley store and Ella had fun taking pictures with the photo props!  NOTE: She brought her own purse and money along for the shopping trip and was so cute about the whole thing.  She is growing up so much! 

Orientation night at our elementary school was the week before school started.  We got all of Ella's school supplies in her desk, met her teacher and learned all about Kid Connection, which is our before and after school program through the school district that Ella is attending this year.  Another selfie booth with photo props!

The morning of the first day of school was a bit interesting.  Ella barely ate anything for breakfast (unusual) and then she seemed quiet.  As she was getting ready for school she came running in crying because she thought she was going to throw up.  WHAT?!?!?  I rushed her to the bathroom and she sat near the toilet for a bit.  We talked about how she might be feeling nervous about school and maybe had some butterflies.  She calmed down and thought that was probably the issue.  Whew.  We did make it to the school and thankfully, a friend was there early so they chit chatted away until the bell rang!  She had a fun first day, loves her teacher and has made some new friends both in her classroom and at Kid Connection - hurray!

It was POURING rain on Tuesday morning for the first day of school, so our pictures had to be inside, and it was NOT fun running through the school parking lot to attempt to avoid getting soaked on the way into school (didn't really succeed on that)!

(I promise Ella was laughing in this picture!!)

We are looking forward to a super fun year of Second Grade. It will be a busy Fall!!  Ella will be in a cheer/tumbling class on Mondays, dance on Thursdays and swim on Saturday mornings!  And, along with a few BFFs, she is participating in a cheer camp with the high school cheerleaders in a few weeks and they will perform a sideline cheer at the Homecoming Football game - as you can imagine, she can hardly wait!!