Back to School

(Drafted last week but not posted until today due to both boys getting extremely sick and no time to work on the blog!)

I doubt I will ever be prepared for the start of a school year and the in your face acknowledgement that the boys are a year older. For me this is more prominent when school starts than at birthdays or any other time of the year. Every August I’m forced to accept that my babies are getting older and really aren’t babies anymore :(

Monday we went to Meet the Teacher Day and Tuesday school started. This year Coe is going to Pre K3 at ELC, which is the preschool at EDS. Although Coe went to LEP for about a month last spring before it flooded, I consider this his first real school experience. He has to wear a uniform, go through car line and eat lunch in the cafeteria. He was a little nervous when we went to meet Mrs. Giggey and Mrs. Horn, but he was excited to see all the toys they had to play with. I don’t think Coe every said one word directly to either of his teachers, but just before we left he saw Mrs. Giggey hug another child goodbye. Coe came and whispered in my ear “I want to hug her.” I told him he could and he ran up and gave her a huge hug before we left. I immediately knew he was going to be just fine as a Busy B in K3B!

At the ripe age of 6, Mac thinks he is the big man on campus. He walked right in to his 1^st grade class and immediately made himself at home. Opposite from Coe, Mac talked a lot of Mrs. Leibig and Mrs. Barnett. As we left Meet the Teacher day, he looked at me and said, “can you believe how little all those Kindergarteners are?” Once again it will take me more time to adjust to 1^st grade than Mac!

 

Obligatory 1^st day photos:

  

I made myself do carline on the first day of school so we could all get in the routine. With Mac it was a no brainer but for Coe it was a little more difficult. Although I had told him we were doing this he didn’t seem to get it until we were actually in the line and an ELC worker was opening his door to get him out. He asked for a quick hug and kiss before he was pulled out of the car. He never looked back and I slowly drove away with tears streaming down my face. My baby was looking way to big!

 

After dropping the boys off at school that first morning I anxiously counted down the hours until I could pick them up. I got Coe first, and he was half asleep as Mrs. Giggey walked him to the car. In typical Coe fashion he didn’t have much to say about his day, but Mrs. Giggey said he did great. She commented that Coe and Frances must be vey dear friends. Coe got in the car and immediately started crying b/c he didn’t get to kiss and hug Frances goodbye! I knew he was exhausted. We got Mac from school and decided to go get a Krispy Kreme doughnut as a treat. We were not the only ones with this idea and found half of EDS at Krispy Kreme.  Coe quickly perked up as he ate his doughnut, drank his chocolate milk and listened to Mac share his day with us – best part was recess and math!

I think this is going to be a GREAT, no AMAZING year at EDS and ELC!