Shayla's First Day

Today was the first day of School for Nathan and Shayla. They were both very excited and ready for school to start back. I still have pictures to post from the end of July and all of August. I get back to those in the next couple of weeks. Our day started out early. Shayla is going to ride the bus this year and thankfully the stop picks up at 7:15 instead of 6:05. She was worried about waking up early but we got in bed at a great time and the morning went very smoothly. She is such a riot most of the time today was no exception. I hoped to get to her bus stop early and I should have known that the bus would be late. So we had a great time just talking and taking pictures. She was excited about the bus and went right on when it came. It only ended up being 15 minutes late which is not bad for the first day of school.

I didn't get much detail about her first day. She said she had a great time. Each first grader got a treat cone from the German students. That was her favorite part. She really didn't have any complaints so I guess it was a great day.

Nathan's First Day of School

It is hard to imagine that Nathan is entering third grade. He is getting so big. He gets to sleep in a little longer than Shayla since his school is closer to the house and starts later. We had a great open house. This year it seems that everyone is ready for him. He was so excited to see his 1st grade teacher and resource teacher. His teacher for this year is very nice and gave him a big hug. Nathan is a hugger and loves it when he gets to see all the teachers. His eyes just light up. It makes me tear up every time. I hope that innocence and joy are around a couple more years.

From what I could tell his teacher went over all her expectations today. He even mentioned to me that I wasn't to load his back pack that his teacher said they were big kids now and that was their job. His goals for the year are to be more organized and work more independently. He had a great time at recess where he got to see some of his closest friends. Lunch must have not been very good because he didn't eat any of it and after school some how managed to lose his lunch box. After care must have been fun. He was excited to go back so it must have been a good day.