First Days

You know that line in the movie Rudy. When the coach is finally gonna put Rudy in a game and they ask him if he is ready and he responds with the best line. Something like, "I've been ready for this all my life". (I'm not sure that is the exact quote, I'm sure if Chip were here he could recite it for me and the lines before and after it) That's how I felt about Andrew going to Kindergarten today. He was ready, so ready. So excited about all that awaited him there. New teachers, new friends, a "lunchroom", can you believe it? He had difficulty falling asleep last night because he was just so excited. He must get this from Chip, but I can assure you that I never loved first days of school that much or really anything new or surprising, but that's another post all together. Another one of Andrew's friends started school a few weeks ago and his mom warned me that the first week was rough. Well, their attitudes after they get home from school. She was right. He held it together for about 30 minutes after he got home and then had a melt-down about, well nothing, because I can't even remember what it was now. I sent him to his room for 30 minutes of quiet time and found him passed out 15 minutes later. He was exhausted. This new wake-up and bed time is going to take awhile for him to get used to (and me too!).

How he felt after his first day.

Exhaustion~by the way, can he get anything else in the bed with him?

We also met Audrey's teachers today and she will start on Monday. I looking forward to seeing how she does in her class. Her teacher was asking me questions about her and I was thinking, I think it's better just to wait and see how she does. The things I think she'll struggle with, she'll probably do fine with and then something that I would never think would be an issue will come up. So we'll just wait and see. More pictures to come.