Mary Catherine had her first day of school last week (September 15). Before we left the house in the morning, she was carrying her backpack and lunch box around saying, "Mom, hurry. It's time for school." I was rather relieved that she probably wouldn't cry when I dropped her off. When we got to school I took her to her classroom and she walked right in, said, "Hi. I'm Mary Catherine," and then started playing with the toys. The teacher had to tell her to say bye to mommy. She hardly looked up at me to say bye and that was it. She had a great first week of school. When I picked her up on Thursday her teacher told me that she is "smart as a whip" and that she is "miss popular." We couldn't be more proud of her.