First Day Of Kindergarten (and Days Of 3rd Grade)

Yesterday was Seth's first day of kindergarten.  Yikes!  How did that happen?  It's going to feel like tomorrow that it's Kacie's first day of kinder (that was terrible grammar but I'm too tired to fix it)!

Seth has been beyond excited to start kinder, and he was even more thrilled when he found out that he got the teacher that he was hoping for.  Despite the fact that most of the younger siblings we know were hoping to get the same teacher that their older sibling had, Seth kept telling us that he was going to be in Ms. Heichel's class, and he was right.  Of the three kinder teachers, she was the one that neither Abby or Haley had!  That's who he wanted, though!

The morning of the first day of school, I told Seth that the parents get to stay for a few minutes during kinder drop-off, to which he replied, "No, you can just leave."  Sheesh!  I told him I was going to stay whether he liked it or not:)  Once we got in to the classroom he did a couple puzzles and then gave me a big hug and kiss and sent me on my way!

When I went to pick him up I stopped in the office on the way to his classroom.  I saw the principal in there and she told me that she had been in his class earlier and that he had been all smiles:)  He came out of class looking very happy, handed me a giant packet of papers and said "Mom, you've got A LOT of homework!"

All ready to send our big boy off to kinder:)

Walking to school for the very first time!

Big sissies were so excited for him.

While Seth is just starting at Main Street, both Abby and Haley are homeschooling this year.  We are coming up on the second full week of 3rd grade for them.  Homeschooling is definitely a challenge for all of us, but I really like to have my girls at home with me (for the most part)!  We're still trying to find a groove, but I think we're figuring things out a little at a time.  At this point we are taking everything year by year, but for this year, I am happy to have my daughters at home, but still get to be a part of the wonderful Main Street community.

All ready to get started with our homeschooling

Notice that I'm teaching holding a baby and neither of my "students" are paying attention!