Tuesday, September 11, 2012

School is now in session!

I really was going to blog about Back to School like 2 weeks ago and then I got pulled in another direction. John and James seem to be fine with being in the back to school mode. James is still getting used to his new teacher and "not being afraid" of her. She is tall but I don't think scary! Patrick and Kindergarten is a story of itself. My lucky go happy kid - couldn't wait for school to start - does not like school. I'm sure some of that is true - after all he is gone for around 6 hours. The first day he came home distressed his teacher left him at lunch. I also found out that it was little chaotic after his first recess so I'm sure that didn't settle well with him. When he does come home after a while he tells me about his day and I can see the sparkle in his eye he does like it. He tells me everyday how his belly hurts and he misses me. I feel like my little baby calf is being weened. Tommy is now in his first full week (3 days) of preschool. He was miserable on the day we both went to school. I think a lot of it had to do with me being there. I was his crutch. His first day on his own he had a good day. His teacher said he even talked to her. I will be interested to see how tomorrow goes -- his first show and tell. They have a letter of the week and you bring in something that starts with the letter. We decided he could take in Acorns because that is different than Apples. I've been prepping him to say 3 things - A is for Acorn. They come from Oak trees and squirrels like to eat them. Let's hope he doesn't whisper the whole thing! When I picked him up last Thursday he saw me in the hallway - he smiled but then he tried not to like he was miserable. My favorite Back to School Moment with Tommy was when he asked me if Patrick could wait for him in Kindergarten. I laughed and told him both you and Patrick are too smart to be held back 1 year! Today is September 11th and Royalview Elementary is honoring our police and firefighters. Apparently all the grades wrote a letter to the police and firefighters. John said yesterday his teacher said his letter was the best so he will represent his class to give the firefighters their notes! I'm so proud! I would love to know what he wrote but of course that happened last week and we can't remember!