First Day of School

Last Monday Kate started 2nd grade and Ryan started kindergarten. Kate was so excited she could barely function! Energy, twirls, bouncing, jumping describes Kate when she thought of school beginning (this started a couple weeks before the first day of school). She counted down every minute on the morning of school starting.

Ryan was a bit more calm, as expected. He had the butterflies in his stomach, even told Keith one day during the week leading up to the start of school that he was scared. We were worried that it could be a rough couple of weeks for Ryan as he adjusted to kindergarten. The boy just does not like change. What a pleasant surprise and a gift from God on the first day of school! We had to wake Ryan up at 8 am, but he woke up excited about school, got dressed and ate a good breakfast.

As we drove to school, he was disappointed to find out that we were walking him to his classroom. He wanted us to drop him off at the drop off lane! He walked ahead of us with Kate into the school, with confidence. When the bell rang, he gave me a hug and knuckles to Daddy and insisted on walking into the classroom on his own (we stayed outside the door). When we picked him up, he was all smiles, and had a fabulous day. Every day since, we have dropped him off at the drop off lane! The boy is growing up!

Kate on the other hand, was a bit disappointed that she had to do work on the first day and is finding 2nd grade to be a bit more serious than 1st grade. She is quite jealous of what Ryan gets to do every day!!