The second first day

Macy was up early today, as usual. I thought she'd be excited about her first day of school and want to start getting ready first thing. No, she wanted to play plants vs. zombies on the computer together. We had enough time for that, plus making pancakes for breakfast. It was a good morning. In the car, Kennedy tried to give Macy some helpful information about what to expect from her first full day. It was very cute, things like: don't eat other kids' lunches, make sure you ask your teacher where the potty is, and be quiet at rest time. When we dropped Macy off in her classroom, I think she was a bit confused about why we were leaving her there alone - not sad, just unsure of what the plan was. When I picked her up at the end of the day, she wanted to know if Kennedy had really been downstairs all day.

Macy's thoughts on her first day in the Blue Class: I played with the dinosaurs and I find lots of works like the berry trees. We had circle time and other things. I like my teachers Ms. Anna, Ms. Cinthia, and Ms. Evie.

Kennedy's thoughts on being a third year and meeting all the new first years in the Purple Class: I think it's nice because I get to help them. I introduced myself to a new girl named Penelope today and there is a first year named Macy in my class. I like our class. There are a few changes, but that's ok.

After school we went for a quick swim. Both girls have made some great progress in the pool this summer. Kennedy started out the season in her floating suit, and would want to take it off for the last five or so minutes of our swims to practice real swimming. Luckily my parents' pool is quite private, so the neighbors didn't see her naked. After the first few times like this, she was ready to switch to her new swimsuit, and she's practically a fish now (although, maybe she would prefer mermaid.) Kennedy can do a pretty darn good dive off the side of the pool (which has progressed from her original belly flops), swim down to touch the bottom of the pool in the shallow end, do forward and backward somersaults in the water, and swim two lengths of the pool. She's really good at floating on her back, and her freestyle and backstroke are looking better and better. Macy jumps right in off the side, puts her face in the water to blow bubbles, and paddles all over in her floating suit. If she sees Kennedy do it, she most likely wants to try it, too. Macy even got a chance for a naked swim today. It is funny that both girls have huge grins on their faces while trying to keep their heads out of the water. Maybe next year we'll have to find a team for them to join.

After the swim, Kennedy told me that sometimes there are people in her head that she has meetings with. They talk about hard stuff like math. Not real people, just imaginary ones.