On to Kindergarten!

In what may have been the most photographed event of the season, at 8:35 a.m. today, Emily Kathleen Blethen stepped on to Eden Prairie School Bus No. 854 to inaugurate her pursuit of higher learning. The gravitas of the much-anticipated moment was not lost on her loved ones, and her grandparents rose early to drive over and witness this once-in-a-lifetime event.
Pardon any over-the-top enthusiasm, but this is big. Really big.