First Day of School

Today was the first day of school. At home things went pretty smoothly. The kids were mixed with excitement and nervousness. Chris took the older two to school and Sean and I took the younger two to school this morning.

Chris didn't have too much trouble with the older ones since all he had to do was drop them off at the door. I, on the other hand, had to walk the younger two to their classes and turn in some papers the teachers gave out at the meet the teacher night. It was a total mad house at the school. There wasn't a single parking space. The line to get into the parking lot went way down the street. Once we got in the parking lot we just circled and circled. Finally I just parked in the fire lane. The kids were supposed to be in the classroom at 7:45 and by then it was 7:50! We dropped off Matthew first and turned in the papers. I told Mrs. M that we didn't have a yellow bus form. So she dug around for the form for what felt like forever as I stood there with Matthew by my side, Sean kicking his feet around to make his stroller move and Hannah in the hall waiting for me. (I am not sure why she didn't want to go in the room.) She finally decided she would send the form home with Matthew today. So I give Matthew and hug and kiss and then we raced to the other end of the building to Hannah's classroom. It was now 8:00. When we got to her classroom, Mrs. C whisked Hannah into the classroom and took the papers from me without even looking at them. It was at that point I realized I didn't get to hug her good-bye. I looked at her and waved to her and mouthed "Love ya!". She waved back and had an expression of fear and excitement all rolled together. I can't wait to hear all about their day!

I have already heard from Rebeckah via email. She said she is happy because she found two friends from soccer there. She also said she LOVES computer lab. I am so happy she has found some positives about her new school.

Oh....here are a couple of pictures of the kids before they left for school.

Rebeckah and Austin look so thrilled, don't they! Rebeckah was not thrilled about school and Austin was not thrilled about having his picture taken.

After dropping off the kids we met back up at the house. Chris did some work from home while I packed Sean a lunch and put it in his "Cars" lunch box and then we headed out. We ran a couple of errands and then took Sean to the park. At first he didn't want to be there. He wanted to eat his lunch from his lunch box. (I tried to get a picture of him with his lunch box but he wouldn't work with me.) He didn't want to play on the playscape, but once he spotted the geese by the river he wanted to go "pet" them.

I wish I had had a video camera with me at that moment. He ran towards the geese yelling "Hi duckies!!" They all turned and looked at him and started honking. He stopped dead in his tracks and just stared at them. After the looked at the "ducks" (geese) and ducks we headed to lunch.

We went to Schlotzsky's for lunch. Sean thought he was hot stuff eating from his lunch box. He loved his lunch. When we got home he wanted to pack another lunch!

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Well the kids are home and in bed now. They all seemed to enjoy school today. It was chaos when they got home because they all wanted to talk and Chris and I had tons of questions for them too. Here is some of the information we got from them:

Rebeckah: There are 11 not 12 kids in the 7th grade. There are 4 kids (including her) in her math class. She is torn between taking guitar or yearbook for an elective. I am hoping she picks yearbook, but the decision is hers. She signed up for volleyball too. Practices start tomorrow! She is also thinking of running for student council. She just isn't sure what position to run for.

Austin: He came home with homework for ME! I am to write a paper telling his Language Arts teacher about him both as a person and a student. He picked art as his elective. Art, unlike guitar and yearbook, is a one semester elective, so next semester he wants to take computers as his elective. Austin was the one that did not want to go to school this year and he said he had a good time today and thinks he will like school this year.

Hannah: She LOVED today. She made two new friends. She was the only one that came home with homework. HOMEWORK on the FIRST DAY in FOURTH grade!! She was a real trooper too. She had a snack when she got home, talked for a bit and then got right to work on her homework. She had 12 math problems and had to write five sentences about what she did after school today. She also liked riding the bus home and wants to ride it in the mornings too. I wouldn't mind except for the fact they have to be out there at 6:50 in the morning.

Matthew: Matthew had a lot of fun today too. He is already talking about the 100th day of school party. He said he earned 7 stars in music today. I have no idea how you earn a star. He will have to tell me again tomorrow. He said his favorite part of the day was recess. LOL

Well that is all for today. Clothes are picked out, lunches made, kids bathed, homework done, backpacks lined up and kids are tucked in bed! We are ready for the second day of school.