School Shoot

We did a mini Back-to-School photo shoot the Sunday before school started. It took only ten minutes and they are some of the best pictures I've had taken of the kids. Seriously, how cute are these two eager pupils?

Photos By: Photography by Shannon McKeever

The Other School Kids

Wyatt and Charlotte had their first day of school last Monday as well. Wyatt moved up to the Preschool classroom and he was moderately excited (he's much more excited to start Nature School next week). The classroom was a little bit busier than he was used to and they had some staffing issues right away the first week. I was concerned that there hadn't been any curriculum in place a week and a half later and that Wyatt was starting to have accidents. He is on the young side having been three for only three weeks before being moved up, so we moved him back to Early Preschool yesterday and I was told he had a much better day. We'll probably keep him there for a little while until he's completely ready to move back to regular Preschool.

Charlotte also moved up to the next class. She is now in the Infant-Todds class (for older babies who are cruising and just starting to walk). She'll probably be in this class until around 15-17 months old. It's more of a transition classroom. She's already been enjoying it and discovering all of the new toys. She also now gets to take trips to the gross motor room to play with the ride-ons, balls, and climbing mats in there.

And Off He Goes

I'm going to jump forward real quick because last week was back to school week in our house. Noah finally had the honor and privilege (he has been waiting all summer) to head off to Kindergarten. Monday was Open House day so for two hours, Noah and I toured the school, met his teacher, met the school bus driver, visited Trailblazers (his extended Kindergarten), met the Spanish teacher, ran around in the gym (him not me), put away our school supplies and found his cubby, and discovered that a girl from his daycare class was in his room. I was happy that he would have a friend he knew in his class.

One current trend is take a picture every year in an adult-sized graduation shirt. By the time graduation arrives, Noah will fit in the shirt.

On Tuesday I came home from work early so he could ride the bus to his very first day of school. He has afternoon Kindergarten, but on days when there is no one at the house (for now) he is signed up for an extended day as well as after-care. He was so excited and ready to go. When the bus finally came (8 minutes late) he jumped right on. When he came home 3 1/2 hours later, the first thing he said was "I had a good day" without any prompting. He also said he made lots of friends and he was so thrilled that he was the first one on the bus and the first one off (aka he was the leader).