Today was the big day - the first day of school. Joshua to fourth grade and Nathaniel to kindergarten. This is Joshua's second first day of fourth grade...his first first day of fourth grade was in 2001 when I was a month or two pregnant with him :) I think he'll enjoy more this time around!
The boys and I walked to school. Grace was on the fence if she was going to come with us or not...until I mentioned that Dora was on. She sent us away with a wave of her hand and a "bye, guys." On our walk, we saw this guy...as buck season gets nearer, I bet we won't be seeing much of him.
We dropped Joshua off at his classroom first. He found his cubby and dropped off his backpack. He found his desk and paused long enough for me to take a picture and then he was off to play with his friends.
As I was leaving, I saw him out on the courts playing and zoomed in and got a couple of pictures of him...slightly blurry, but it's him.
After dropping Joshua off, Nathaniel and I walked out the door and down the steps and then crossed the walkway to the kindergarten classroom. As we were doing this, Nathaniel tells me, "Bye, Mom, see you later." I told him I didn't think so - I was taking him to his classroom. I don't get all teary and emotional when my kids start school (well, I get emotional, but it's not sad...it's the little happy dance I'm doing inside as I see them start a fun year) but I do like to see them to the door on their first day.
I took a picture of him under the welcome sign on the door and then, after he signed in, (who gave him such a long first name?!), a picture of him with his name tag.
I remember my first day of kindergarten - walking through that very same door. We got apple name tags that were hanging on a "tree" (I think it was just a branch in a coffee can probably). Thirty-three years ago it was my classroom where I started my adventures in education. Here's a picture of my kindergarten class - taken at Christmastime I'm guessing with the tree in the background. The walls aren't orange now - they're currently covered with some blue fabric because they're studing the ocean.
