Andrew’s first day of Kindergarten – Part I

This morning, Bryan and I walked our now-five-year-old baby boy to his first day of Kindergarten.  He’s been sooooo excited!  When Andrew is happily anticipating something, he gambols about like a long-legged foal.  There’s been a lot of gamboling at 4310 Hegg Ave. recently:)

Last night, after I tucked him in bed, he came out to the living room and curled up next to me.  “I’m so excited!!” he declared.  “I can’t wait until tomorrow!”  Around 9:15, I was reading in bed, and he climbed in bed with me, confessing that he couldn’t sleep because his body wouldn’t settle down.  “I can’t take deep breaths to quiet my body,” he said.  “But snuggling here in bed with you helps.”  Soon after, he went back to his own bed and found his way into the land of dreams.

Sylvia is at daycare at Donna’s house on Wednesdays, so this morning, Andrew got me and Bryan all to himself.  Alivia came to the door to pick us up, and after taking a few first-day-of-Kindergarten pictures, we headed out.

Here’s a slide show of pictures from our morning.

And here are some of my favorites.

Andrew’s first day of Kindergarten!

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Andrew with his buddy Alivia.  She’s starting first grade at Nuestro Mundo this year!

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Walking off to school.

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Oh, so cute!

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Gotta love Miss Alivia’s red, red shoes.  Oh, how much they’ve grown!

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There’s my handsome husband helping walk his little guy to school for the first time.

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We’re here!

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Andrew’s looking for his classroom.

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Taking it all in…

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Here are a couple of the tables where the kids will sit.

09-01_10_first day of KG_049 Here’s where the kids sit and plan out their day.

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There’s the calendar and class chart.

09-01_10_first day of KG_059After taking a peek at the classroom, we headed out to the playground where the teachers were gathering up their students.  Here’s Maestra Laura with a few of her students.

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What a bustling, slightly chaotic, exciting environment!

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While the class assembled, Andrew talked to some of his new classmates (including one who was feeling pretty sad), waved and grinned, and generally looked pretty happy and confident.  Here’s a few faces he gave me just before heading inside.

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Toodles kiddos!

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Here’s some of the happy and proud parents photographing their kid’s departure.

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And here is the sign on the door.  Have fun, Andrew!!!

09-01_10_first day of KG_129I’ll try to do a follow-up post this afternoon to report on how the day went!

2 Replies to “Andrew’s first day of Kindergarten – Part I”

  1. ohhh, we’ve been loving these pictures today. Eli watched the slideshow several times. And the recap is wonderful too. What can we say? We are proud of you, Andrew, for diving in with such enthusiasm and good spirit. May this be the first of so-many great school days for all of you.

    1. I love the idea of Eli watching the slideshow…seeing his buddy heading off to KG.  And now today is Mr. E’s first day!  I’m thinking about you all and wishing your young boy confidence and joy:)

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