A Bright New Beginning

Today dawned cold and cloudy but that could do nothing to dampen the spirits of the boys on this, their first day of school. Here are some pics highlighting the day.

Okay so this has nothing to do with the first day of school, nor did it happen today but it was in the bunch of pictures downloaded and she's just too cute to not include here.

Here are the boys with their backpacks and lunches. They would not hear of getting their picture taken without their little sister. Before I know it she will be going to school right along with them. Sigh.

Here we go to kindergarten orientation. Brian's was from 1:30 - 3:30 so we were able to spend the morning together. By this time the sun was out and it was quite warm so if you are noticing that he isn't wearing the same outfit, don't worry it is still the same day! He was super excited and couldn't wait to go.

Brian found his hook for the year and proudly hung his ninja turtle backpack.

Allison came with us to orientation. She did great for about an hour then wanted to be down running around the classroom. She was quite the disturbance.

Brian unpacking all his school supplies and putting them away. Once he got that ream of paper out I think his pack was much lighter!


He got to decorate his nametag.

Here his teacher Mrs. Pennylegion is giving the kids a tour of the classroom.

I think we can safely say that today was a successful first day of school. Collin was thrilled to go back and see all his friends and his teacher. He has the same as last year and most of the same kids as well. He is a big third grader now and was excited to be able to go on the zip line on the playground that only 3rd graders and older can play on! When I asked how his day went and what he did all he said is they did math.

Brian as excited as he was to go to his first day was pretty wiped out by the afternoon and got a little frustrated with trying to do some writing. They worked on a book about his first day there and not even halfway through he was done. He did great sitting with the other kids and listening to his new teacher. A few times he had to be reminded that he could play with Allison at home. At the end he got to go on a tour of the school and find the library, lunch room, gym (which is the same as the lunch room) and the office. He got to stamp in a little book for each place he stopped. Overall it was a pretty good day. He goes on Friday for his first full day. Mom is a little nervous, but Brian is looking forward to it!