Curly

His hair is getting quite curly!

Waiting for Jack at the bus stop!

Charlotte's new project

With Jack in school, I have more time to help Charlotte with her new kindergarten workbook. She does a few pages each day. Right now, she is practicing writing each letter of the alphabet (upper case and lower case) and identifying which sound each letter makes. She loves to learn!

Scavenger hunt

The days are long (and boring) when it is 115 degrees outside and we are cooped up inside for months and months! I always say it is like winter on the East Coast. But, we try to keep it interesting ... Rich put together this scavenger hunt for the kids today. Pretty cool! Five solid minutes of excitement.

Good Day! (finally)

Today (day 3) is the day that Jack finally came home from school with a smile on his face! And boy am I relieved. Why did he have such a good day? "The girl in my class who has never been to preschool or kindergarten, and always cries, did not cry today. She made a promise to the teacher that she would not cry today, and she did it!" He also ate his entire lunch! (The first two days he hardly touched it.) I was surprised to see his dessert ('Jake and the Neverland Pirates' gummy snacks) left in the lunch box. "I didn't want my friends to see me eating such a 'little kid show' snack." Oops! I guess we are BOTH learning how to make it in first grade.

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Jack's first day of school

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Aug 13, Jack's first day of first grade. Here he is standing out front with his tote bag (no backpacks allowed). He came home very tired and did not say much. I packed him a nice lunch: sunflower butter sandwich, carrot sticks, pretzels and a rice crispy treat. The only thing he ate was the rice crispy treat. He said the sandwich was too hard. I asked him what he thought of his class, and all he said was that he did not know anyone. When I looked through his folder it turns out he got an excellent rating for his first day! He asked me if he is going to first grade again tomorrow.

First Day of School 2012

First day of school (first grade) is tomorrow. Me: a nervous wreck, bought way too much food at the grocery store. I guess buying a lot of food for Jack's school lunch is how I cope!? Jack: calm and cool as usual. Charlotte: excited to have her own play dates and to "eat fruit snacks and play on the computer." Lucas: the same as always. Rich: proud.

As Jack was getting ready for bed, he showed me that he had neatly laid out his clothes for tomorrow on his bed (without being told to do so). I asked where his new shoes were. He went way under his bed and pulled out the shoe box. Inside, he had stuffed the original shoe tissue stuffing back into each shoe and wrapped them in the original thin tissue paper that they came in. The shoes were arranged neatly and looked pristine, just like they had been when we bought them. That is SO Jack!