First Day of School, 2009!

All in all, I think both kids had a good first day and are looking forward to going back again tomorrow. They are both quite tired, and we're trying to get them to bed early tonight since school starts at the normal time tomorrow! Below are pictures from the kids' first day at their new schools. Scroll down to the bottom to see them in order.

Ike rode the big yellow school bus to the daycare this afternoon. He ate steak fingers, green beans, some bread, and steak finger sauce for lunch. He tried strawberry milk to see if he would like it, but it was too sugary (way to go parents!) so tomorrow he'll get white milk. They had goldfish crackers at snack time, and they had rest time. They read a rhyming book. Ike got to sharpen his new pencils with an electric pencil sharpener. They went to the computer lab, but they didn't use the computers today.

These are all of the details that I could pull out of him today. No details were available on what he might have actually learned today. I think the pace is going to start out fairly slow and he'll be bored for a bit. Next Monday's homework is to find things that are circle shapes and things that are red around the house and to practice counting to 20. Hopefully the pace picks up soon!

And this is Ike sitting at his desk coloring with his markers. This picture was taken on our way out. As Ike would say, "It's no biggie".

Ike's cubby is #8.

This is Ike just outside his classroom.

Mick and Ike pose outside of the school before going in.

At the end of the day, Aggie got the tambourine she made today. She also got a great report from Miss O. Miss O said Aggie helped her clean up a mess made by another child so Aggie was given a My Little Pony toy.

Ike and Aggie pose by the kitchen toys:

Aggie found her new cubby and put her backpack away. Her new teacher's name is Miss Ophelia, but everyone calls her Miss O.

This is Aggie walking into her new school for the first day. She has her Hello Kitty backpack and her new shoes. She has her sunglasses in her backpack so the sun won't get in her eyes when it's hot. She chose to wear this dress with the red squares on it (gingham) for her first day.