Jared's First Day of Kindergarten!

July 27th, 2009
 

Jared is now a full-fledged Kindergartner!  Really?  Already?  How and when did that happen? ;)  We are so proud of our big boy and pray for an amazing first year of Kindergarten for him!
 

Here are some pictures of our time at the "meet the teacher" evening last week. We got to meet his teacher, see his new classroom and desk, walk around the school and meet other teachers, e.g. music and the librarian. We are SO blessed, I mean SOOOOO blessed, by our neighborhood school. It is a great school!
 
Jared's own personal desk. How cute is that?!?!
 
Jared sitting at his desk. The bubbles were a gift from his teacher.
 
Jared at the Kindergarten playground and where he and his class will line up
 
Jared at the drop off/pick up
 
I thought it would be a treat to start some traditions for Jared, or our kids in general, starting school.
We read a couple of "about school" books last evening at bedtime.
 
Last time we were at the grocery store I told him he could pick out a special cereal for himself,
to have for breakfast the morning of the first day of school.
Some reasonably healthy cereal, mind you ;) He enjoyed the special breakfast this morning.
 
After breakfast Jared got all ready for school! I think it was the first time he got ready quicker than quick, faster than fast!
I got a huge grin on my face when I saw him come up the stairs wearing his new school clothes, shoes and backpack. What a big boy!
 
BTW, I love the LL Bean backpacks. It is the Junior Original Book Pack. Very well made and appears to be durable.
What's even sweeter is if you have an LL Bean credit card, which we've had for a long time,
you get free shipping, free return shipping (if need be) and free monogramming. Sweet!
Jared's polo shirts for school also came from LL Bean. Sweet again! ;)
 
Then, we walked Jared to school. Whew, was it a bit hot! Hey, that's a steamy July summer morning in AZ for you ;)
Here are pictures of the boy's first day of K!
Mom and Dad with the big Kindergartner!
 
Jared at school!
 
Jared getting help from his teacher, getting his back back in "line."
 

Jared just checking things out on the Kindergarten playground
 

Time to P-L-A-Y!
 

First whistle! It means to "freeze!" Second whistle means to line up and get ready to go into the school.
FYI, this is Jared's teacher, Mrs. L.
 

Jared in line, going in to school
 

Bye Bud! Have a most awesome first day at school!