First Day

Today is Justin's first full day of kindergarten. He has been looking forward to this day since before preschool ended in June. He woke up at 6:30 this morning and came in to ask me if he could please get ready for kindergarten now. I said "sure" and off we went. All four of us went out front across the street from our house to meet his bus at 7:30. Here are some pictures of Justin and his friend, Shawn, who lives two houses down from us:





Justin was so excited to ride the bus and to wear his bus wrist band with all his route info on it for the bus driver. Tyler cried when we walked back to the house and the bus drove off in the opposite direction. Lucky for him we were already planning to follow the bus to see Justin to his classroom. Tyler was happy to count the buses when we got to the school.



Justin's teacher is Mrs. Delenikos. There are two kindergarten classes in a connected classroom with a commons area in between the two classrooms. During their free time they can play (painting, dress-ups, etc.) at the stations in that big area.



Showing off his cubby after he signed-in for the day.


The bus drops the kids off right in our front yard. Justin had a great day at school! This picture will always make me feel so happy! I'll always remember that right after I took this picture I was just about plowed over with the biggest, longest, happiest hug Justin has ever given me. I'm getting misty-eyed just thinking about it. And to think I made it through the whole day without crying...it just took some pictures for me to realize that Justin is on his way to a happy life.