On The First Day Of Second Grade........

 she was dressed in pink and purple!

She had requested short puffy sleeves,

lots of ruffles,

a tie belt,

and she wanted plaid fabrics!

I only had a small amount left of

each of these plaids,

but she loved them both.

And she had been waiting to wear her new

pink floral Aster shoes ever since I had bought them

off Ebay last Spring.

Well, as of 9:30 last night,

I still had not cut out this dress.

And her back-to-school-anxiety had been 

in high gear all day.

So, when she FINALLY fell asleep I was able to 

start work on this little dress.

And did I mention that it had to match 

her beloved backpack?

Well, yes.

And if you look closely, 

you will see that her dress also 

matches her purple plaid hand sanitizer holder.

Yes, it did.

We did not need to start walking to school,

until 8:15.

However, she was fully dressed

and wearing her backpack

by 7:30........

begging to leave.......

afraid to be late!

She managed to talk big sis India

into walking with us to school.

India is wearing her huge 

Disney College Program Alumni shirt

and super classy "Perry The Platypus" hat.

She started to see some of her friends arrive!

Most of them were also wearing pink!

I managed to get a few squeezy hugs.

We finally got to go into her classroom 

and find her desk!

She found her new folder, 

with her name on it!

And then, her teacher told 

the parents that it was time for the

school day to start!

India and I walked back home together,

reminiscing about other "first days".

After school, 

we walked back to the school,

to walk Ahnalin back home.

I was hopeful she would have a good day.

However the anxiety of the day,

coupled with being seated next to 

two children who were mean to her last year,

caused Ahnalin to go into a full blown melt down

after school.

I will have to have a talk with her new teacher 

to explain how these children

treated Ahnalin last year.

She is very nervous about one child in particular.

I am prayerful that tomorrow will be a better day.

And tomorrow, I will post another darling 

dress sewn from one of these plaids!

I still have many posts to catch up.

Happy Sewing!