Weston's First Day of Kindergarten

Well, here he is, the amazing Kindergarten Boy! His first day was August 26, 2008. What a beautiful boy!This is his school: Foothills Elementary (probably largest in the state!!!)

This is his whole class.His friend Griffin who is (fortunately) in his class. Isn't he DARLING? So glad they will be together. I was worried he wouldn't have any friends in his class, and he is so shy... Does he look excited to be there? He is just being silly.
He is actually very happy and a hard working kid.
Here is his teacher, Mrs. Colvin. The best teacher in the school!
And here I am saying goodbye to my sweetie. No tears for me (truly, I am not a crier). But, I am emotional to see my baby all grown up. I am proud of him for being brave and being such a good, happy, obedient boy.

He hasn't been very excited about this change; he has often told me he is "nervous" for school. We have talked a lot about it, read books about it, prayed about, and he had a blessing. He actually asked for the blessing. The day before Kinder, I took him in for assessment. He didn't do very well at first--kinda freaked out, he wouldn't do what the teacher told him, and then he hit me (the teacher even gasped... arghhh!). I put him in "time out" and the teacher just sat there doing her thing and I filled out papers. Then, after talking with him, he did just fine. The first day of school, I got to spend a half hour or so with him and he seemed to enjoy it. He had a moment of "getting scared", but got over it, and I was able to leave without incident! Hip Hip Hooray!

I guess it really didn't hit me that he was actually "in school", until he came home and asked me, "Mom, can dad do an arm fart?" (you know, the silly things boys do in their armpits). Hmmm. I guess he is picking up on new stuff already. I have tried to keep him in a bubble as long as possible. I guess you can't protect them forever. At least it is just an armfart (which we corrected--we don't say fart--armtoot) and not something worse! (and, by the way, I have never heard by husband do an armtoot)