First Day of Kindergarten

Garrett has been asking to go to kindergarten for at least a year now and boy when the day came he sure didn't want to go!  Dave took him to the "meet your teacher" day the Friday prior to school starting (I had a meeting) and I guess his hands were getting all sweaty and he started crying pretty bad because he was so nervous.  Of course all the other moms glared at Dave and asked if he'd ever been to preschool....only his whole life! 

 

Garrett is not a big fan of change.

 

The morning of we had his new backpack all ready (empty!), his name tag that he was instructed to wear and his lunch box all ready.  He hardly ate any breakfast because he was too nervous to eat.  He was watching TV and I asked if we could take a picture for the first day of school, he curled in a ball and started crying...see below! Of first day of school, morning, picture!  We drove over to the school and the second I opened the door he was crying and kept saying he needed his blankie! Cried all the way into the multipurpose room where they meet in the morning and of course I had a few tears leaving my crying baby boy behind. 

 

After school he was very excited to see me at 3 o'clock!  I asked for another "first day of school" picture when we got home and he said "oh, sure Mom"!  Who said first day of school pictures had to be taken in the morning!!!

 

I asked Garrett for his favorites and this is what he said

 

Color - "Black and Orange, oh and gray, write down gray Mom"

Food - Pizza (pretty sure not, but it's what he was eating at the time)

Favorite part of the first day of school - tracing his name

Movie - Lorax

Part of summer vacation - swimming

Teams - San Francisco Giants (duh)

What do you want to be when you grow up - Baseball player,

"write down Posey Mom, P - O - S - E- Y, okay yeah"

 

Gannon's First Day at the Big House

 

 Gannon had his first day back to preschool the Monday prior to the rest of us because Dave and I had meeting the second half of the week and I wanted to get him back adjusted prior to our first day. 

 

Gannon's back at Montessori and is now in the "big" house doing more preschool type activities and bigger "jobs".  He never can seem to remember his jobs from day to day.  When we ask he simply states that he did a lot of jobs!  This kid is SO dang funny and I pretty sure all he cares about is making mud from the misters in the backyard. 

 

Starting school for the first time at a different place than Garrett does seem to bother him, actually I think it has helped our morning drops offs be much smoother.  Dave takes Gannon to school now 3 days a week which is a HUGE help for me!

 

Garrett's Giant Date

Papa Dave treated Garrett and Dave to a Giants game....Garrett's latest obsession!  To say Garrett's into baseball would be an understatement, he is addicted.  From the minute he wakes up he wants to check the previous nights scores, game times for the current day, play catch, and list out all the players names on a piece of paper.  I'm pretty sure he has the entire Giants roster memorized.  I have to admit that it's pretty fun, but at times very annoying!  He is definitely passionate about the Giant's and has a really hard time understanding that Daddy is not a Giant's fan!

 

He was spoiled at the game with a Giants jersey from Papa and lots of Giants fun.  Thank goodness they won!