First Day of School!!!!!

Today was MacKenzie's first day of school. She was so excited. Before school she had a special breakfast that she picked out of Berry Muffins. Then Mommy, Daddy, and MacKenzie headed to school. First stop was back at the kindergarten. All of the children that went to the kindergarten last year came before school and all the teachers and kids sang them a goodbye song as they walked out the gate from the kindergarten. Next was on to the church where they had a little service and blessed each one of the children before they started the parade. The Grunschule is about a block up from where the kindergarten and church are. The priests led the children and the parents to the school. Once at the school we went to the gym where all the other children in the school had gathered with the teachers. All of the new first graders sat in the front where one group of the older children sang them a song and another did a little skit. After that the principal gathered all the teachers and introduced them. Next was telling the kids what class they would be in. If any of you have either read the book or seen the first Harry Potter book it was very much like the scene with the sorting hat. The teacher and all of the second graders in that class stood up front while each of the children names were called. Then the teacher and the kids moved over so that the next class could get their new students. I guess I should tell you that they combine the classes 1st and 2nd grades together in one class and 3rd and 4th in one class. Once all the kids were with their class they took the kids to their class room. About twenty minutes later the kids started to come out of the class room. Their classroom is on the second floor so the teacher stopped at the top of the stairs and shook each of the kids hands before they left for the day. MacKenzie said that when they were in their classroom they found their desks and drew O's and colored them. She was so excited. She loved her first day at school. She can't wait for tomorrow.