Sometime last week, we got a whole host of catalogs with back-to-school offerings. Lands' End, Pottery Barn Kids, LL Bean, Garnet Hill, Hanna Andersson. All of them had pages upon pages of back-to-school gear including backpacks. It was a muggy, hot, muggy, hot (did I mention it was muggy and hot?) afternoon so I suggested to Ella that we sit inside in the air-conditioning and pick out her backpack for kindergarten.
We looked at every backpack and talked about the colors, the designs, the right size. She got such a kick out of the whole process and so did I. We finally settled on a backpack and lunch box (matching and monogrammed, of course) and she talked me into a pencil case and a water bottle, too. All matching. All bright pink.
The much-anticipated box arrived from Lands' End a week later and she remains thrilled with her new school kit. And she looks so amazingly cute with her big girl backpack. Here she is on the way to the first day of her three-week summer program at her new school. She looks like a kindergartner. Sigh. I guess I have to accept that it's really happening.
