First lunch in school

Vivian had her first ever lunch in school. I suppose the excitement of this event is somewhat dulled by the fact that she brought lunch to camp all summer but nonetheless it was a hotly anticipated event.

For a few weeks, Vivian's been asking Stella and Clara about what happens at their lunch time at school and I can only guess that her curiosity about these culinary adventures was borne out of some anticipation and trepidation at her own imminent introduction to school lunch.

As it turned out, it seemed rather successful. I accidentally used Stella's butterfly water bottle and sandwich wrap rather than Vivian's Hello Kitty which Vivian found to be a fairly egregious mistake. She know wants a "Barbara thermos" because that's what her friend Chloe has. Barbara= Barbie so you can imagine how psyched I am to buy one of those. Vivian reported that she ate her whole cream cheese and jelly sandwich and all her carrots and apple so I guess I did okay.

She also seems a bit more enthusiastic about school though she will not enter the classroom until Chloe's there.

When we got home from school, Vivian set to work on some thank you notes for birthday gifts.

In Stella news, Stella is awesome. She was scandalized today because two girls in her gymnastics class gave another girl the finger and they got in hot water with the coach. When I picked her up, the first thing she said was, "we have a lot to discuss" and then to me the whole story. It made me feel great that she wanted to share. She also was super-focused about finishing her homework, worked hard at gymnastics and then played beautifully with Vivian when we got home. To use a phrase that she would use, "Stella rocks!"