Nathan's First Day of Kindergarten

Today was 1st Baby Boy's, first day of Kindergarten. He has been excited for Kindergarten for weeks. He would ask who is teacher was, long before we knew. He was excited about buying school supplies. And very excited when mom came home with a new, big, backpack (do you know how much stuff fits in that thing?). Ella has also been very excited, thinking she will get to go to Kindergarten too. Although, she has come to the understanding that she will be staying home until she gets big enough to go to Kindergarten.

As a treat, Nate picked a pop tart for breakfast and was very proud.

He of course got his picture taken as we headed out the door. And then Mom took another picture in front of the school. (He doesn't look a bit excited.)

As we walked to his classroom, Nate said, "If I get lonely I'll just make a new friend." That is a great idea Nate.

His teacher gave him a name tag, and set him to work with some playdoh. (Only a few of the kids come each day during the first week so the teacher can orient them with out too much trouble. And he has all day Kindergarten.We don't understand why, [other than it makes a great babysitter] but that's how Tennessee does it.)

Nathan said after play-doh they sat down on the rug to talk about class rules ("keep your hands feet and objects to yourself." he said proudly.) They learned to walk in the hall ("lips and hips" which we were shown means one finger over your lips (shhh) and the other hand on your hip, whatever works). There were bathroom breaks, visits to all the special class areas in the school (music, art, computers) he says he's excited to learn about colors in art (we think this means properties of/combining colors), snack time, a story, lunchtime with his Wall-E lunch box (he said he sat across from one of the boys in his class), centers (no recess, too hot), and nap time ("Mom everybody in Kindergarten had to take a nap.").

Nathan has always wanted to ride the bus to school, ever since he knew what a bus was. Sooo, he gets to ride the bus home. He was very excited this morning, and had a big grin when he got off. He told mom that the bus was kind of bouncy.

A funny story about the bus: We tried to get Nate to memorize his bus number over the weekend. We were constantly asking what his number was. Then yesterday we see a school bus driving down the road and Ella says, "Is that bus 52?"

Nathan's bus driver has the Kindergartners sit in the front of the bus. As she opened the door today she said, "Nathan is this your stop? Do you see your Mom?" Mom waved in response and Nate jumped of the bus.

Grins all around.

Nate's 'best' friend/backdoor neighbor, Aiden, is in 1st grade so they couldn' t sit together on the bus (Aiden sat in the seat right behind Nate) but they were excited to walk home together...

...so excited they held hands as they walked, ahhhh.

Our baby boy is growing up. Good luck Nate. We Love You.