Tuesday, September 11, 2007

First Day of School




Three of my grandsons had exciting first days of school. I regret that Thomas's cute picture wouldn't open and I will have to exclude him this time. Hopefully, I can get it to open later and add it.

Thomas was thrilled to be going into the first grade. He is my oldest grandson and this leap into first grade with two missing teeth is a milestone for our family. On the day of registration, he walked into the school office, spread his arms, and asked, "Do you remember me?". Of course they did. All through the halls the kids and teachers were saying hi to Thomas, the boy who never meets a stranger.

Jude began attending Wee School at a Baptist church close to his home. He looks so sweet as he's heading out the door with his lunch box in tow. He's making friends quickly and being a good helper for his teacher. Baylee wanted so much to stay with him. All the activity in the room on that first day looked very inviting to her. Jude will also attend museum school this year and we all believe he will love it. He's into anything scientific and especially is interested in the solar system.

Ashton entered a pre-kindergarten class and I had the privilege of being there on his first day. I snapped this picture of him with his parents as they were leaving to take him to class. His Mom bought him a new watch the day before so he could keep track of when she would be picking him up. He looked so sweet walking to the car with his school bag. He let us know that no math was taught that first day, which translate as a total waste of time. He will have the opportunity of exploring other subjects besides math.

Baby Callan, my fourth grandson, is content to sleep in his car seat as Ashton is picked up from school. At almost three weeks old, all he cares about is his mommy's breasts. That's just fine. We don't want to rush his entrance into any type of school right now.

Congratulations Thomas, Jude, and Ashton on entering school, making new friends, and blowing us away with all your knowledge. As Ashton told me as I was reading him a bedtime story about Adam and Eve and the tree of knowledge, "Knowledge has a silent K". Sounds like he's been to school already.

4 comments:

angela | the painted house said...

Such big boys! I asked Ashton on Sunday if he were excited about going back to school this week and he said, "not so much." Oh, well!

Anonymous said...

He is probably bored.

So exciting for those boys! They are growing up and are so handsome!

Anonymous said...

Can you believe your three grandsons are off to school! So cute, so handsome and soooo much to offer this world.

Anonymous said...

You have some handsome grandsons! They all look so cute!

Ashton is probably bored. Maybe he can teach Algebra for the first hour.