Ashton's First Day of Kindergarten!

Thursday, August 26 2010

Well we survived it...
The big first day that had always seemed so far off in the distance, but snuck up on us so fast...

Are you really in kindergarten Ashton?

I'm glad I got all those cute pictures of him the other day, because on this day he was feeling nervous and didn't want anything to do with looking, let alone smiling at my camera. Here's Lars giving him a pep talk...

Then Aunt Kelli got a few pictures of all of us before it was time to eat lunch and go.

He requested home-made macaroni and cheese :)

The first day was pretty easy. Lars and I got to go with him and it was just an hour.

We spent the first half helping Ashton do a little scavenger hunt...

...finding his name on lots of things around the classroom...

...his backpack hook (lucky #11 :)...the table he'll be sitting at that happens to be his favorite color green :) etc...

Then his teacher talked to all of the kids for a few minutes...

...and got them started on a worksheet while she spent the rest of the time talking to the parents.

So not really a real first day, but I think it made him feel a lot better that we got to stay with him and it made day 2 a little easier.
He was still nervous to go on Friday, but Gunnar and I walked him in and once his buddies showed up, he was fine. He gave me a hug and a kiss and waved goodbye.

I'm glad he wasn't scared anymore, but I of course felt a little sad that this day was finally here and I had to walk away and leave him there hoping he would remember his manners, wishing I could be a fly on the wall to see how the first day went, and just praying he would be okay.

Just like after I dropped him off at his first day of preschool, I cried a little when I got to the car.

Come on...he's still my baby :)

The time is flying by...