First Day of School 2016

It's that time again..............BACK TO SCHOOL!! :)

(I'm not sure who was more excited, me or the kids! Ok, probably me.)

The kids had Open House on Wednesday,

where they got to meet their teachers and see their classrooms.

Abby is in Mrs. Strickland's 1st grade class, and there are 16 students. (Only 6 girls - wow! But luckily, her bestie Mia is in the same class, as well as her favorite-friend-that-is-a-boy, David.) Abby was super happy to see that she has her *own* desk for the first time!!! She immediately wanted to look at all of her school supplies, and was ecstatic to see highlighters. She is a fan of first grade already :)

Nate had Mrs. Strickland for 1st grade too and we LOVED her. So excited for Abby & a great year!

 Then it was onto Mrs. Smith's 3rd grade classroom. There are 18 students in Nate's class and he was thrilled to see that LOTS of his friends got Mrs. Smith too! He loved the homemade cookies Mrs. Smith had for everyone, and said he can't wait to start sitting in the "comfy chair" for reading time (She has an old loveseat and a few bean bag chairs that the kids get to use everyday after lunch for their quiet/reading time.)

 Oh, and when I was talking with Mrs. Smith about their reading/math testing, he perked up when he heard her say that they have access to chromebooks for all of their testing & for research projects. My son LOVES a device!! (Chromebooks are similar to laptops).

 On Thursday, the kids had their first day of school. They were armed with smiles and new lunchboxes! Abby got a new book bag this year - a bigger one - and was thrilled it was so huge! :)

It's practically bigger than her.

 They were not thrilled that I made them take these pictures in front of the school, but since there was an actual LINE of parents waiting, I assured them that I was not the only dorky mom. Ha!

 All the kids gather in the gym before school starts, and Abby let me accompany her to take one last picture.

Nate said "No thanks." (He's already too cool for me, sad....)

Both kids had a great first day, and told me about the scavenger hunts they did to learn about their classmates & classrooms. It was early dismissal at 1 pm, so I think they were happy to have a short day as well :)

**Update: Nate came home today - Day 2 of school - complaining because "he hasn't learned anything yet and it's not challenging." I asked him what he did all day, and he said they just had fun and played games. Oh, how I love him so! I told him I'm sure it would get hard on Monday.

#nerdalert.