first day of school

top:  Ellie-Bellie      middle: Kate, Ellie & Grace     bottom:  Kate-Kate

Our cute carpool gang!  I love these girls!

Ellie was so excited for school to start---

sometimes she admitted and sometimes she didn't :)

Back to her old stomping grounds---loving every minute of it.

I can't believe she is a 4th GRADER!!!!

My Kate was so nervous...

She is entering 2nd GRADE at a new school for her.

She had been on the waiting list since last year.

She wasn't sure about entering a new school---

without friends she knew and teachers she recognized.

I was nervous for her---

and felt a little guilty for being the cause (insisting on the new school) of this change.

I arrived early to pick them up---and saw them both happily rushing to car!

THEY LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!

The first thing Kate said to me, "Two girls asked me to be their friend!"

I was so relieved and happy for her!

Those two girls made such a difference that day!

Kate has been excited every morning walking into school and each day as she has left.

I hope to be a person that has that kind of positive influence on people around me.

I want to look for those who are new or sitting alone.

Very small acts of kindness and gestures of friendship can make a big difference.