A Day of Firsts

Today was a day filled with excitement, anticipation, a little uncertainty and joy!
Today was the first day back to school for Nicole and Morgan, Rachel's first day of kindergarten and Morgan's first soccer game. On top of all that, we are anxiously awaiting to know when our newest little Nugent will be born. We have had a few scares these past few days, and we are taking it day by day at this point. So it kinda makes for an exciting time. This mom was just really glad to be able to see everything first hand and not have to rely on dad for pictures and good recall(you know how guys are with details)!


Nicole our fourth grader this year. She was placed in Mrs. Costandi's classroom this year. Mrs. Costandi moved to 4th grade after being Nicole's 2nd grade teacher. I love this, Nic is familiar with her and so is mom.

Rachel is going to Endeavor Elementary for kindergarten. She wasn't sure about going to a different school than her sisters but didn't mention it at all yesterday. She woke up very excited and ready to go.

Morgan my ever confident third grader. She squealed with excitement when she found out her teacher was Mrs. Sikorski. Apparently this is the best teacher because she hatches little chicks in her classroom come spring.


Rachel rides the bus to school. Sierra is our neighbor that is Nicole's age, but will ride the same bus as Rae.

Rachel got on the bus, got to the top of the stairs and turned around and came back down. She didn't want to go. Very uncharacteristic for Rae. I assured her she would be fine, tried again without success. I then had to ask Sierra, our neighbor to sit with her and this seemed to work for the moment. Ms. Doris the bus driver was trying to be patient. Ms. Doris was Nicole's bus driver for a couple of years and she is no nonsense so this was trying her patience!

Of course I had to follow the bus and make sure she got there right???

A locker seems like a big responsibility for a little girl, but Rae thinks it is really cool.

Rachel's preschool friend, Ava, is in her class.

Rachel will be in Mrs. Lennon's classroom all day. Sounds like a busy day to me. We will have to see how September turns out, this is a big adjustment.

Morgan is playing soccer this year for the first time. She is on an all girls team called the "Purple Tornados". She is really enjoying this and aldready wants us to committ to letting her play again next fall. She has a lot to learn, but isn't afraid to get in there and go for it. Her team lost 3-2 last night, and she didn't get to try out goalie, but she still came away from the game excited and said she had fun.




All in all, a pretty packed day. It went as smooth as it could have. God knew I needed to spend today with my girls and not an appointment in a birthing suite!