First Days of School

If there's anything in this world that is "blogworthy" it is first days of school. Especially, the first day of kindergarten!

Sierra started school a week before Porter and it just killed him to watch her go and leave him behind.

I was not quite ready to have my kids go back to school. We've had the best summer ever. I feel like I've really spent some good quality mommy time with them. During the summer we read books together, cooked dinner almost everyday, worked together, and especially had fun together. What a fabulous summer!

Here's a few pics covering Sierra's first day.
We made her a "3" pancake in honor of her first day of third grade.



Here she is with her new teacher "Mrs. M," and outside her new classroom. Or as I think of it - her second home.





So Porter had to wait a whole week after all the other kids started school before he got to start Kindergarten. And boy did it kill him! A frequent daily question was, "Mom, when is Sierra getting home?"

Finally, Wednesday came and it was HIS day! We had doughnuts for breakfast and bought him a big school bus balloon. He goes to school in the afternoon so we got to fuss over him all morning.

Jeremy was home that day so Porter got extra attention! As we waited at the bus stop Porter found a small wasp nest on the under-side of the mailbox. Of course he had to detach it and take a look at it! Then... A-Ha!!! He had an idea!! "I need to take it to Mrs. L!" I tried to discourage him from taking it to her because I didn't want him just handling any wasp nest. But I lost out over his intense excitement and he immediately ran into the house to get a small plastic bag. So he heads off to school with wasp nest in hand.





Here he is getting off the bus at school. Of course he proudly shows his teacher the wasp nest. When it is time to go into the classroom, the other children walk and Porter runs. This kid is excited for school!




Jeremy heads in to take a peak at Porter through the classroom door. Here he is unzipping his backpack with his wasp nest on his desk.



After school, I wait for Porter and Sierra to get off the bus. I ask Porter, "How was school bud?"

His yells his answer with excitement, "SCHOOL... IS TOTALLY AWESOME! AND MOM LOOK WHAT I FOUND AT RECESS!!"

He holds up his little plastic bag, the wasp nest is still in there. But now there's something else in there. I look closely as Porter yells, "A BABY PRAYING MANTIS!!"

What a big day!