First day of Preschool

In an effort to raise a bilingual child, we decided to enroll Cadence in a local preschool where she would not hear English for 2.5 hours per day, six days a week.  We ordered her uniform and told her that she could not wear it until she turned 4.  So on the morning of her birthday she came out in her uniform.  School started the following week.

On the first day of school we ate cinnamon rolls with pink frosting!  The school was gracious in allowing the parents to attend school with their student for the first week, if we wanted to do so.  This helped Cadence adjust as she was hearing a lot of new language.

She got a new backpack for the occasion and was so proud of it.  

On Monday and Wednesday, she wears this uniform.  Tuesday and Thursday she wears the red plaid.  The other kids wear sneakers, but she insists that her pink sparkly shoes look better.  Friday she has to wear gym clothes.  I don't have a picture of her in gym clothes yet because every Friday she is crying on the way to school, begging me not to make her go "dressed like a boy."

Either I take her in the car at 7:30, or Jody takes her on his bike.  We are one of the very few families from her school who even own a car.  Most families here just own a motor bike and it serves as a family vehicle.

Then on Saturday, she gets to pick her own outfit.  All schools here go 6 days a week, but Saturday is the fun day when students get to do extra activities.  It may be the swimming lessons, or local dance lessons, but I think that the reason Saturday is Cadence's favorite day of the week is because she can wear whatever she wants.

Of course, as soon as she gets home, she has to take off her uniform so that it doesn't get dirty and she usually spends the rest of the day like this!