wordless wednesday

ms. lauren, susanna, and ms. kathy. these teachers (and all of the others we've had at st. michael's) are truly angels on earth

and she's off!  susanna's last first day of preschool (does that make sense?) was today, and our formerly-shy little girl marched into that classroom like she owned the place.  of course, it helps that our preschool teachers come for home visits prior to the start of school, so susanna had already spent a good hour or so with ms. kathy, showing her her bedroom, doll house, critters, and princess dresses.  it also helps that liam had ms. kathy last year.

[random side note: liam attended preschool for four years, and susanna will have attended for three.  and out of those seven total years, we have had SIX lead teachers named ms. kathy.  that's not even counting the music teacher at our preschool, who's also named ms. cathy.  isn't that a little bizarre?]

anyway, for her first day, she was wearing a pretty dress, had her snack bag in her hand, her bookbag on her back, her hairbow in her hair ... and two nasty gashes on her forehead to tie the whole look together.  sigh.  somehow on tuesday afternoon her skull met the brick hearth of our fireplace, resulting in heavy tears and a blood-stained rug in the family room. a quick trip to the pediatrician and some dermabond (skin glue) later, and she'll be as good as new in a week or so.  it's hard to believe that we've gotten through ten years of parenting without any stitches, broken bones, or emergency room visits. 

our summer has officially come to a close, but we're ready!  bring on the fall!  (just not any more, um, falls.)