Last night was Back Pack Night. The kids took their school supplies into their classrooms, met their teachers, found their desks & took care of all of those 1st day jitters. I was able to get my usual pictures taken. Allie loved that, Jake thinks it is too babyish...too bad was the answer that I gave him! After we got home from Back Pack Night, I read the kids "The Night Before Kindergarten", "Time for School Stinky Face" & "The Kissing Hand". Allie & Jake gave me a kissing hand to use when I missed them during my first day at work...yes, I cried when they did that!! In fact, that was really the first time that it hit me that Allie was going to school & I was going to work. Wow!
School started this morning. My baby is now officially in school. She was really nervous this morning, which was odd since she spent SO much time with me at Hansen when I would volunteer. She knows her way around the school & knows almost the entire staff, yet she was still nervous about her big day. We got to the playground & she ran off with some friends & the nervousness was gone. When the bell rang, she got in line & waited to go in. She gave me one last hug & blew me kisses while she walked into the school. That was it!! She was fine. I was fighting tears...she was now in school...both of my kids are growing up way too quickly!
Jake did well as usual. He didn't even say good bye to me, instead he found all of his friends that he hadn't seen all summer & ran around until the bell rang. I got a wave on his way by. His class lines up next to Allie's class, so he really couldn't avoid a wave to me :)
The highlights of the kid's days were...
Allie: hot lunch on a tray (not sure what she thought it would be on), listening to the Kissing Hand book & meeting a lot of new friends (she can't remember any of their names).
Jake: having a snowball fight (out of paper) & ice skating (on paper), lunch was good too...he sat by Ben & ended up across from Adam & Paul (his best friends).
I had a good first day too. The first grade classroom that I'm in is great, the teacher is wonderful & the staff is very helpful. I worked 10-2 & will work those hours varying a little bit depending on the day. Hopefully the student that I am with continues to be good too. I think that I am going to like my job.
Miss Pins & Allie...we adore Miss Pins, she was Jake's teacher.
Jake & Mr. Wagner
Allie by the Hansen sign
Now Jake by the sign
Allie at her desk.
Jake by his desk
Ben & Jake (note Ben's cast)
Allie & her classmates wait to go in from morning recess
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