1st Day of School

Today was Garrett's first day at Preschool. I must admit the misting in my eyes as I drove off came as a surprise. I have been so excited to have time to devote to Hunter and schooling without interruption, but pulling out of the school I was a little sad. I was already missing my little man. Then Hunter chimed in, "I am glad Garrett is at school. Now he won't bother me." Children really tell it like it is...no need to sugar-coat anything.

Hunter and I had a very productive morning of school. It was nice to not have interruptions, but at the same time, I missed the interruptions. I had time to write out plans for next week and I am looking forward to working more with Hunter. He flies through the concepts I am presenting, and this is FIRST grade reading and math. Hunter took his first spelling test today and he got all of the words correct...of course, he probably already knew the words, but I figured it better to ease him into the new routine. I am still trying to figure out the best way to arrange school time, but he is flexible with me and we are learning together. He did tell me today (when he was supposed to be doing a math sheet), "I have run out of energy." We had just started school. I asked him if he needed a drink to get his energy back, to which he answered "yes." Then he tried to get out of work again with the same excuse. I had to inform him that no matter how much energy he didn't have, he had to get the work done. I think he just wanted to go watch a show. Again, we are learning how this school thing goes.

When we went to get Garrett from school today, the first thing he said was, "I had so much fun at my school today!" I was so thrilled to hear this. He said he didn't want to come home yet. He must have had a good time. He was, no surprise, huuunnngry when he got home, so I fixed everyone lunch. I know he played hard today, so I am expecting him to nap well...time will tell.

I did take some pictures of the first day of school, so when I figure out how to post them here, I will.