First day of "real" preschool

Today we sent Charlie Jo off to her first day of preschool.  This is preschool for which you have to be potty-trained.  Since her potty training is pretty solid for #1 (yesterday's epic accident in front of Alicia and Faith Carol notwithstanding), I'm feeling okay about her chances of success.  Just as long as she doesn't have to go #2, we'll be fine.  Oh how I pray she won't have to go #2 . . .

Anyway, since the mid-50s temperature and rain forced me to scrap my plan to dress Charlie Jo in the super cute gray and pink sleeveless dress Grandma JoJo bought her, I was able to substitute another cool Grandma JoJo gift originally meant for later in the year.  I tried to take photos of Charlie Jo alone in the outfit, but Peter (also wearing a cool shirt from Grandma JoJo) refused to let his sister hog the spotlight.

CHEESE!

I finally got Charlie Jo alone and asked her to pose in her new sneakers.  This is apparently her idea of how to model footwear:

Then Peter caught wind of the modeling session and had to get in on the action.  Those Converse were originally his sister's.

The preschool explicitly requested "FULL-SIZE backpacks" in the instructions sent to the parents, so I complied.  Charlie Jo looks a little goofy wearing a backpack that hangs down to her knees (even though I tightened the straps as much as I could).

Drop-off went very smoothly.  Charlie Jo's experience at the early learning program last year made this not such a big deal for either of us.  Peter was the only one upset because he didn't get to stay and play with all of the toys and kids.  Poor little dude!