Kindergarten!

Bennett's first day of Kindergarten was September 5th. We had an orientation the day before, so he got to meet his teacher there, and get a feel for his classroom, but Wednesday was the big day. He seems a little anxious in the morning, although he hides it so well. The nerves were making him a little moody, I think. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grows up, and the answer is a dirt bike riding astronaut. Let's hope he goes with the latter so we can avoid huge medical bills. I asked how he was feeling about kindergarten and he replied, "meh... I mean EXCITED!" The feigned excitement was clearly for my benefit, because he was clearly very indifferent in his initial response.

 Embarrassing him by taking some photos at school. He's too cool for that now:

 We had a friend volunteer to help with lunch, so she was able to snag a few photos. She said he seemed really happy to be there.

After school he went to Kids and Co., so it was a little after 5 pm by the time I picked him up. He was in a great mood, playing with some toys with friends.  He said the day went well. During recess, he played with some boxelder nest with Colin. He said some other friends were looking at the nest as well. I asked if he met Sagel, one of the girls from Caroline's ballet class, and he said she was looking at the boxelder nest as well. He asked her her name, but she didn't want to say, and he said, "Well, at Tanglen Tigers, we say our names so we can meet people," and he said she told him after that. He had seen her before, since he has watched Caroline's ballet class a few times, so he told her his little sister was in ballet with her. It made me really pleased to hear he was meeting people on his own. Otherwise, he said he was a little rushed for lunch, and wasn't quite done eating before they started counting down to the end of lunch.

Meanwhile, Caroline's preschool room is super small now. There used to be about twenty kids and now there are nine. We, as parents, are thrilled about this, especially because a lot of the kids that left were rowdy boys, and now her favorite Margo is in class with her. Now that it is the school year, her room does lesson plans, so she's well on her way.