First Day of Kindergarten for Austin

The day has come for Austin to start Kindergarten.  I have mixed emotions about it!  I am sad the life of the school calendar starts.  We love to travel and to go when we want and now that has to change.  I am so happy to have the opportunity to stay home with them a lot since I work part time.  I am going to miss Austin so much while he's in school.  However Austin is so ready for school.  It will be good for him to learn and grow. He's so smart and needs to be challenged.  I also hope there will be less fighting between Austin and Sydney since they won't be with each other all the time.

On Wednesday night our school had meet the teacher night.  There was new student orientation from 4-5pm then meet the teachers from 5-6:30pm.  It was a busy night.  Austin needed to attend and we thought it was best for Sydney to come too.  The kids were excited to go.  We learned about the school.  After the hour meeting, we went down to the kindergarten rooms to find out Austin's teacher.  We were happy with the outcome.  It was busy at first.  We met the teacher and then walked around the room.  Then we went to explore the school.  We stopped in library, spoke to the Spanish teacher (which Austin is very excited about), got gym uniform, and put money on his lunch account.  Then we went back to his Kindergarten room.  Spoke with his teacher some more and then went home.

Once we got home, I made dinner.  Then kids got a bath.  It was story time and bedtime.  It was a big day tomorrow.  Once the kids were in bed, Brian and I went though all the forms we got.  In the forms was a homework sheet.  Austin was supposed to color a picture of his favorite thing he did in the summer.  I was like great, day one and we already didn't do his homework!

I woke up at 6am.  Austin and Sydney met me downstairs at 615am.  It was obvious they were excited.  I was happy they were up.  I explained to Austin about his homework I found the night before.  He was happy to do it.  I gave Sydney a piece of paper for her to color.  She was happy.  After they finished her homework we ate breakfast together.  I enjoyed eating with them.  No more kindle time in the morning.  After breakfast, they got ready for school.  It was the best day ever because they got ready so easily.  That usually doesn't happen that well.

Austin was ready first and him and Brian went outside to take some pictures.  Then Sydney joined.  Then we left for school.  We got there early.  Once at school, we took some pictures.  Sydney even took a picture of Austin, Brian and I.  Then we went into his classroom.  We learned the kindergarten routine.  Then we left.  There were no tears.  Brian and I were sad in our hearts.

Then we took Sydney to her new classroom.  She was sad she didn't start a new school.  But she does have a new room.  Then Brian and I went to work.

I only worked 5 hours so I could pick him up after school.  I was there when school let out.  Austin was happy to see me.  We walked to the car and he told me about his day.  There was a pretend fire alarm.  They went out to the parking out.  He loved buying his hot dog lunch.  They have rest time for 15 where they lay on the carpet.  They pray everytime they leave the room or before lunch and snack.  He had two boy friends they he liked however he doesn't know their names.  They practiced writing numbers.  That is all about what we could get out of him about his day.

After I picked him up we stopped by Walmart and Five Below.  We learned the night before we need to pack him a snack everyday.  So I wanted a snack bag so I will remember to pack him a snack.  Plus I needed to get a stain stick because he had stains on his uniform shirt.

Then we came home and played a little bit before picking up Sydney.  Austin was sad he didn't have any homework to complete.  We picked up Sydney and she was happy and had a great day in her new room.

We came home and had some dinner.  Then Austin had soccer practice.  After soccer, we went and got ice cream for his special day!