The One Where They Go to Full Day School

Oh me, oh my! Last week school officially started for my two oldest littles.  I still cannot believe it. I have two kids in full day school now, what the heck happened to my babies who used to play with me all day long?!? 

Noah started first grade and, as we do at the beginning of each school year, we measured him from top to bottom. Since the end of school last June (in just 3 months time) he grew over an inch, gained a few pounds and grew a shoe size! I'm sure it won't be long before he is taller than me, sigh.

Just look at that face! So grown up...he is definitely not the little baby I used to rock to sleep re-telling my memorized version of Goodnight Moon. He's lost 6 teeth since last being in school and is finally growing the front four in, poor kid couldn't eat corn off the cob all summer!

When he got off the bus, we were all so darn excited to see him...8 hours is a long time! We surprised him by spraying him with silly string and popped a bunch of giant party poppers to celebrate the end of his first official day of full day school.  I asked him what his favorite parts of his day were and like the boy he is he said, lunch and recess, ha!

Penny started her first day of kindergarten the day after Noah.  In Chicago, they always have the kindergarteners start the day after the big kids so they can acclimate to school without so much chaos.

This girl was so excited to be riding the bus to school that for a week before school started she would tell us how very excited she was! And on the actual first day of school she woke us up at 5:30 in the morning to tell us that this, indeed, was the day she would get to ride the bus for the very first time!

We were lucky that Penny was assigned the same kindergarten teacher that Noah had last year, she is truly one of the best teacher's, so sweet and loving. She gave Penny a huge hug on orientation day telling her how excited she was to see her name on her class list and that literally made Penny's day, month, and year! :-)

She loved every bit of school.  I knew she would. She came home and immediately started pulling books off the shelf to play school with Ellie and Oliver.  She made them sit on the floor while she sat on a little chair and read them books holding them up like a teacher would do. She cracks me up.

This week Eloise starts her first year of preschool...eek! I am excited for her yet slightly nervous as she is such a tender sweet soul. She will hug us for days my sweet baby. So the first day might be a challenge for her. Wish us luck and send us lots of prayers!

Thanks for stopping by today!

XOXO,