Eloise's first day at school

It truly is amazing how quickly the time has flown. Very cliched, but it really does feel like it was only yesterday when Eloise was just a baby and now at the blink of an eye, she is starting school.

From this ..... 

Eloise in her first week

 to this....

Eloise was certainly very excited and has been looking forward to this day for months. There was no sign of apprehension or nervousness and this in a large part is due to the numerous orientation sessions that started from the middle of last year.   

She had laid out her uniform and shoes neatly the night before and in the morning ate her breakfast much quicker than usual and promptly brushed her teeth and went to dress herself without the usual nagging to get ready ...before she spent a bit of time admiring herself in front of the mirror! 

"Is this really me?"

 

 

There weres no tears in sight at all and Eloise later reported that she had not even thought about us when she was at school !

Sporting a big grin heading into the classroom

Settling into the classroom

Abbey wanted to join in as well !