Our Little Russian Peanut

The first day of Kindergarten went splendidly.  Andrew was SO excited and he even came home with a smiley face in his agenda.  Of course, on day two he came home with a smiley face and a note that read “Was very talkative until he was given a warning”.  Yep, my son is a chatterbox and is already testing the waters.  :-)

Without further ado… pictures from the first day of Kindergarten!

Waking up… slowly!

Big smile from my big boy!!

               

Doesn’t he looks so little with that big ol’ book bag?

Walking to school with dad. 

(And yes, he’s grabbing himself.  It’s a common occurrence lately. I’ve reassured him that it’s not going anywhere. :-))

In the doorway of his class.  This year’s theme is “Wild About Learning”, thus the animal print.

Mrs. P., showing Andrew what to do with his book bag each day.

Mrs P. and Andrew picking out lunch for the day (as mommy and daddy were reluctantly leaving their baby behind!!)     

 

And how about a comparison?  Here was my little guy in September of 2008.  Fast forward, 1 year and 11 months later.

           

WOW!!!  This is the first time I’ve looked at these pics side by side.  What a big boy we have!  I really wish I had a picture the day Pre-K started, but for some reason I don’t.  Wow, wow, wow…

Off to give my little buddy an extra kiss tonight, because as these pictures show, they don’t stay little forever! :-)

Becky

I got up at 5 this morning.  Partly because I was sleeping with one eye open waiting for my in-laws to arrive, but mainly because something big is happening today.  I thought I was ready for it, but maybe not.  Our baby, baby boy is going to KINDERGARTEN today.  There is no way that’s possible.

Remember this little boy?

He was 2 years and 10 months old in this picture.  This same little boy will be turning FIVE in just 18 days.  How did that happen??  All I did was blink!

Enough about me… Andrew is SO ready to start Kindergarten.  He has talked about it non-stop and do you want to know his number one reason for wanting to go to Kindergarten?  Because he doesn’t have to take naps anymore!  In Pre-K and summer camp, they had “rest time” for about an hour and Andrew was none too happy about that. :-)

Well, hopefully I’ll be able to hold back the tears this morning.  I will be THAT mom walking around with my camera taking pictures of my son and Andrew will be THAT son who grimaces everytime the lens is pointed his way. :-)  Hey, I would not be doing my duty as a mom if I didn’t embarrass my child, right?

Oh, funny story before I go.  We were getting ready for open house at the elementary school and I told Andrew we needed to go pick out his clothes.  The conversation went like this:

Me:  Andrew, we need to go pick out your clothes.  What do you want to wear?
Andrew:  Something that makes me look cute.
Me:  Something that makes you look cute?  Well, okay.
Andrew:  Not too cute though.
Me:  Why not too cute?
Andrew:  Uhhh… because I don’t want the girls looking at me!!

One more cute story while I’m thinking about it.  Recently, Andrew has been talking about how he came from my tummy.  I explained to him that he didn’t grow in my belly but he grew in my heart.  It seemed to satisfy him for now, but I know we’re going to have a lot of explaining to do in the near future.  Anyhow, Andrew was at my sister’s on Saturday and he met her new roommate, Lilly.  Lilly explained that she was the new roommate and Andrew turned and asked my sister if Lilly grew in her heart before she ever met her.  Too cute!

Well, off to get breakfast started for my little guy!  Such a big day – so exciting!

Toodles -
Becky