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My Children Are Not Babies Anymore First Day of First Grade

jenuinejen — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:35:21 +0000

Today was BusyBoy and GigglyGirl’s first day of first grade. I cannot believe they are in grade school now. They are not babies or toddlers or preschoolers or even kindergartners. They are children.

Last night they were so excited they could hardly go to sleep. They got up without any delay this morning. They were in and out of the shower and dressed so quickly. We drove them to school and got there a bit early. Instead of making chitchat trying to keep their nerves calm, we turned on our CD players to the Curious George soundtrack. We were dancing and laughing in the car. BusyBoy got the video camera and recorded us acting silly. It was a very fun way to start the day.

On the way home from school, they told Lee and me that they the best first grade teacher. They read a lot and did lots of fun stuff. Somethings do stay the same. Their favorite part of the day is still recess.

First Grade

jenuinejen — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:42:51 +0000

Do you remember first grade? I went to elementary school for first grade at Montgomery Elementary School in DeKalb County, Georgia. My teacher was Mrs. Morrison. I thought she was the most wonderful teacher. For years, everytime I saw a Morrison’s Cafeteria, I thought of her.

My children start first grade on Monday. We met their teacher yesterday. In the 90 seconds or so we talked to her, she seems nice. BusyBoy and GigglyGirl are going to be in the same class again this year. They will be at different tables and in different groups but in the same class.

We took them to get new tennis shoes this week for PE. They got new backpacks and lunchboxes. BusyBoy got a new haircut. GigglyGirl got her ears pierced. It has been a busy week. I am going to miss them so much next week when they are not running around the house yelling, laughing, asking me a million questions.

I cannot believe I do not have babies any longer and that they are big kids going to first grade.

When do your children start back to school? Are you ready for it or not? Will you miss them or are you ready for them to be back at school?

Sunrise

jenuinejen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:08:14 +0000

Evening Art Project

jenuinejen — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:11:45 +0000

BusyBoy Loses His First Tooth

jenuinejen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:47:32 +0000

BusyBoy lost his first tooth the over the weekend. It was so loose but he did not want us to pull it out. He ran a slight fever and was feeling pretty lousy on Saturday and wound up laying in my bed taking a nap. He woke up from the nap by noticing that his tooth fell out while he was sleeping. To say he was excited would be an understatement. Even though you cannot see the missing tooth, look at that smile!

He really was thrilled that he lost his tooth. GigglyGirl lost her first tooth almost 6 months ago so he has been patiently waiting for his to fall out.

The fever and feeling of being sick from earlier in the day went away as soon as the tooth fell out.

GigglyGirl was excited for BusyBoy as well and wanted to get in a photo too.

Finally, this one does not show the missing tooth but I loved the lighting and wanted to post it.

Wordless Wednesday has links to other bloggers who wanted to share some photos.