My "babies" go to school!!!

Ok, I know we are well into the school year by now. But since I am a beginning blogger, I'm catching up with a few of the important moments of this fall. The kids started kindergarten in August. Although they had both participated in preschool for two years, there is just something about kindergarten that seems all grown up. I fretted all summer long about it, mourning the fact that my "nest" would soon officially be "empty" for a few hours each day. I anticipated that first day of school as a day of crying nonstop for myself. Much to my surprise, I didn't shed a tear. I figured I must have cried enough all summer....so when the day finally arrived, I was all cried out. I have had a few teary moments since....mostly when it's mycarpool week and I watch them hop out and melt into the crowd of "big" kids heading off to school with so much confidence that they never even so much as glance back. Where did the time go? Are they really five and half? My emotions come from the milestone, not the actual time away. Two days a week I'm volunterring at the school, and the hours the other three days fly by too quickly.


Here' my little Ellie-girl. In true Ellie-form, posing for the camera for her "first day photos".
She LOVES her teacher, Miss Kanz. And she is very well-behaved at school. She saves the more
"lovely" attitude for me at home. She is flying through her work and is now going through the
1st grade list of sight words.

Here's our little kindergarten man. Worrying about how school would work out for him pretty much gave me gray hairs this summer. After two meetings and many e-mails with the principal, and meeting the teacher, I finally felt like I had done what I could. His teacher is very organized and on a schedule and aware of what Logan's needs are in the classroom. She says he is doing fabulous and wishes all the kids behaved as well. Logan also saves his "meltdowns" for me after school. Of course I wouldn't have it any other way--I love the teachers thinking my kids are angels!!! Logan is as brilliant as ever. He already knows everything he is "learning" but still finds joy in it and is really taking pride in the formation of his letters and numbers. I think perfect handwriting is heading our way--now that he knows there is only one "right" way to write the letters--that's what he'll do. He loves his teacher!!! He is still wearing elastic-waist shorts everyday. I guess when the snow falls I'll force him to wear pants that button--MAYBE!!

Off they go. Not a care in the world other than "Is it show and tell day??" No looking back. No nerves. One sweet little boy, brain of a genious, still loving Barney, only wears T-shirts, usually Thomas T-shirts, has yet to comb his hair for school, and is over-joyed if one friend plays with him in a day. One sweet little girl, five going on fifteen, thinks she likes "Hannah Montana" although she has NEVER even seen her on TV, dressing and hair battles every morning, and the center of the social scene with too many friends to play with them all each day...........................How did my "babies" get all grown up? How can I "let" them grow any more?