First Day: Elementary School Style

Watch out, World. Sadie Lou has officially joined the ranks of elementary school yahoos.

On Monday, these two started school - Sadie in kindergarten and Benjamin in third grade.

Yes, she donut rolls her socks. Totally her idea.

We are already hearing tall tales of what goes down at school. I have to dangle this out there for our wildly imaginative, drama-stirring-up girl: "I am going to email your teacher about that to see if she tells me it's true." Sadie will inevitably retract whatever story was told...the one about being sent to time-out for half a day, or watching movies in class (on Day 2?!), or about how another kid was already kicked out, or how her friends swapped food with her at lunch in order to trick their moms. (Seriously, whaaaaat?)

She comes by it honestly, though. Ever since watching the movie Big Fish, the Papa decided he needed to be that kind of figure in the kids' lives. Breakfasts are often spent discussing how he had a prodigious mustache when he was a mere infant. You can see where she might want to join the ranks of the grand  storytellers.

But things are off to a good start, barring the disappointing reality of homework. And long days. I try to make up for it with interesting after school snacks, however, three days in and I am already straining for ideas. The Papa and I are pretty excited that everyone crashes into bed by 7:00 and hardly a peep is heard after about 15 minutes. YES.

Catching Up - Kinder Grad!

Last May we had a graduate in the house. For the special day, the kids learned a couple of rewritten pop tunes - hits that got worked over to talk about their school memories, soon-to-begin summer vacation, and going into first grade. It was pretty darn cute.

And ever since receiving that diploma, he has told people that he is in first grade. Pretty excited about that, he was. 

Now that I am finally posting this, we are only two weeks away from school starting. What?! I can hardly believe it.

The Kindergarten Play

Oh the fun of watching little kids put on a show!  At Benjamin's school, every grade level performs a play at the end of the year. The three classes of kindergarteners prepared The Little Red Hen for our entertainment, and here is a bit of video just for you.