Noah was excited to wear his new clothes. He had asked numerous times since we bought the shirt/shorts if he could wear them the first day of school - apparently i hadn't told him that was the point of buying new school clothes...or shoes...he was excited about his new shoes too!
We took our customary 1st day of school picture on the front porch. Jokingly I told my mom that "we" were going to get a board and write down the date and school year for the picture so we wouldn't have to guess later on what year it was... we had quite a few of those for us growing up...just depended on who was in the picture - was my car in the picture, etc. Why we never thought to write it down on a piece of paper i'll never know...
Mark wasn't happy that morning - i think he didn't like the fact that 1) mom and dad were staying home all day and he didn't get to, 2) Noah was getting a lot of attention (new back pack, clothes, shoes, picture taking), 3) he just wasn't ready to go back to his daycare/school because he'd had a fabulous time all week with my dad enjoying playing in the garden and taking it easy...
After dropping him off... i made it to the car without tearing up...and i didn't cry too long... he was ready... he was prepared... he was our rock star :)
And with that - the first day came and went... every day he is excited to go and try and learn new things. We had 'back to school night' and his teacher seems and sounds wonderful - totally with it and ready for the kids to learn and grow - she is highly into positive praise and ensuring they understand the consequences when necessary. Its going to be a great year for Noah and all of us...
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