First day of school

Sean's had a good week of First Grade and Clare is loving Pre-K!

First Day!

The kids started new schools on Thursday - Clare started a new preschool and Sean started Kindergarten!!  We've been steadily receiving paperwork and notices from the elementary school regarding Sean's first day.  Sean's teacher even sent him a letter that included some "Jitter Glitter" to put under his pillow the night before school so that he could be sure to have a good night's sleep!

The kids had a good breakfast, we made sure we had all of our bags and that Sean had his nametag necklace on.  Then we headed out the door - we stopped to take pictures, of course:

Google made a little movie of our pictures on the porch  :-)

We dropped Clare off at her new preschool and she seemed totally fine - not nervous at all!  It helped that there were only a couple of other students in the class so Clare was sure to get a lot of attention from her teachers.  After we made sure Clare was settled, we drove Sean over to the elementary school.  We were a little early, so we checked out the before-care program and then waited outside the front doors.  

In the parking lot with Mommy:

Waiting to be let into the building:

Sean met up with one of his buddies -  they've known each other since the Toddler A room at daycare!

Once we were let into the building, we walked down to Sean's new classroom.  We met his teacher and Sean found his seat.  He got right to work coloring in his owl (the school mascot is an owl):

With Daddy:

Sean had a great first day of Kindergarten.  His "special" that day was gym class and he loved it!  He also really liked the aftercare program - they got to go to the gym again!  Clare did well at her first day, too.  She met new friends and spent a lot of time at the puzzles center, doing each and every puzzle over and over again!

The kids both had great second days, too.  Sean's was extra-special because he got to ride the bus to school!  Can you see him in this picture?  The bus driver let him sit in the front seat since it was Sean's first time riding the bus to Kindergarten.  Sean thought riding the bus was the coolest thing ever!

We're looking forward to this new and exciting school year with our two big Sooy Kids: