Mom's Thoughts
It's back to our early morning routine. I was up at 5am to run and the kids were up by 6am to get dressed and eat breakfast. We were out the door by 6:30am, but not without a few pictures to remember our first day of school. Since Emma is in the multiage K/1 grade class this year she was able to start with all of the older kids while all her friends who are in the regular kindergarten classes have to wait until next week. I didn't realize when I signed Emma up for the multiage class that she would be starting at the same time as the boys so I was really thrown back when we looked at the class list last Friday and I realized that she would be starting on Monday. I think because of that I was a little more emotional over the weekend than normal. I was really happy for the kids to go back to school but I felt unprepared to send Emma off so soon. For the first day I decided to drive the kids to the school instead of sending them on the bus. It turns out that it was a good thing I did that because it was utter chaos with children everywhere. That didn't phase the boys at all but it was a little overwhelming for Emma who after being so confident and excited decided to pull a little shy card on me. As soon as we saw her classroom aid Ms. Arandia, she perked up a bit. I love that lady. She truly is fabulous. There were a few girls that were now in first grade who were in the class last year. One girl in particular really took Emma under her wing and it didn't take too long before I could see Emma perk up and get excited to be at school again. Emma and her new friend Audrey walked to class together and then we waved our goodbyes. We didn't even get to walk into the classroom like I did with the boys so that was a little wierd. As I drove away from the school I am a little embarrased to say that a few tears were shed. The fact of the matter is that I will miss the kids but I know it won't take long before I fill up my days with things to get done. I know that this is going to be a great year where I will be able to focus so much of my attention on Abby. She stayed by my side most of the day beaming as she kept telling me, "It's mom and me time now." Here's to hoping that this will be a great year for all the kids!
Andrew
Today was my first day of school for 5th grade. My teacher is Ms. Musgrove and she is really nice. She is really funny too. She said that on her rules she wanted us to respect the other students. I am sitting next to my friend Max. He goes to church with me and is in my cub scout den. During the day we played a spelling game called "Sparkle" and I was in the top three winners. Ms. Musgrove really makes learning fun. We got our planners and had PE today. After PE we had a snack and I ate pretzels. During recess we got to play on the brand new playground and it was really fun. First I ran two laps around the brand new track. I played with my friend Max, John, Bryce, Matthew, and John's friends. We all played on the big web. In the middle of the web there is a little piece of black rubber that is a trampoline. Only one person can fit on that. Me and my friends took turns to jump on the trampoline. We also played hide and go seek and tag. We can only play tag when there are no guards out, especially the "big meany" guard. We only have one recess but it is 40 minutes long and I love that. I made so many friends today.
Peter
Today was my first day of 3rd grade. My teacher's name is Ms. Yokers. She is really fun. She likes singing songs and when we work she plays music for us. She said we can bring in appropriate music to listen to while we work...but no country music expect for the song "Backwards" by Rascal Flatts. The only learning thing I did today was get to know the other people in my class. We also did a treasure hunt for math. For art class we just talked about the rules. Back in our regular class we worked on a painting of our faces. After we did the paintings we worked on more of the "All About Me" packet. Then we went to lunch and then recess. I had a great time at recess. I got to see Colton, Gavin, Christopher, Gregory, Gabe, Madison, Mya, and Max. These were all friends from my old class. After recess we talked about all the rules of the classroom and then Ms. Yokers read stories to us. She read, "The Can Do Pigs" and "The New Kid." Our classroom motto is "Can Do Kids" meaning we can do anything we put our minds to. It was a very short day and a really good day.
Emma
Today was a good day. It was my first day of school. I am in the Kindergarten multi age class. First we got to pick colors for our mats and I picked purple. My first friend I met picked the blue one and my other friend also picked the purple one. I got to play a game on the computer. We got to bake cookies there. We first did it with the teacher and then we got to add the ingredients by ourselves. The teachers did the eggs for us because that was hard. We had to leave them there and we will get to eat them tomorrow. Tomorrow we get to make pizza dough. Today we also talked about the rules of the class. She said that there is no running and to listen to your teacher. Tomorrow I get to check out a book and I want to the monster book. At recess I got to play on the big playground and we hid from the boys that were bullies. I got to swing on the swings and play on the spiderweb. At lunch I sat next to my friend named Audrey. I met her in the morning when we were lining up to go to the class. I liked being at the cafeteria to eat. My teacher Ms. Edwards read a book to us today. I give her two thumbs up. My favorite part about school today was making the cookies and using the heart shapes to cut them out. I also liked going on the bus. The bus has curtains and I got to sit in the back. I also liked playing with my friends at recess.