Now that I've finally caught this blog up on all things Kindergarten, I'm going to try to keep up the momentum, skip over "Wacky Wednesdays" and summer shenanigans for now, not to mention the gazillion ways little sister has changed over the past 8 months, and get right into 1st grade.
Neal had to travel for work during that entire first week of school, which just happened to be an entire week of minimum days, meaning I had to pick up Elias at 1:20 each day instead of 3 p.m. Thankfully Daphne was still in part-time daycare, but that week was her last regular week. So it was kinda crazy.
Thank goodness for this moment of zen. Of the three 1st grade teachers, Elias got the most sort of strict, "old-school" one. She's grown on me considerably over the past six weeks and a couple of his best buddies from last year are in his class again this year, so that helps.
1st grade so far is really different from Kindergarten. Kindergarten seemed like a natural next step from preschool, especially after two years of preschool! But 1st grade is a huge leap, in my opinion, from Kindergarten. The classroom focus seems to be all reading, writing, and math. Which is fine - obviously, I'm excited for Elias to improve his reading & writing skills this year (math seems to be less challenging for him at this stage) - but thank goodness for the enrichment classes (art, library, garden, science, and PE) that break up the week and recess, of course, to break up the day. Not to mention trying to work off all that energy between 3 and 5ish each afternoon!
Spying.
Walking down the hill to the car at the end of that first week of school (mama very ready for daddy to come home!). Such preciousness makes the endless exhaustion totally worthwhile, doesn't it?
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