First Day of School!

My oldest child started Kindergarten today!!!

I was so anxious for him, and of course I didn't have our morning routine down pat so we were running a little behind (not officially tardy) just later than I had hoped. But he got there showered, lotioned, teeth brushed and flouride rinsed, hair creamed and brushed, and new shoes. I wasn't thinking about the fact that the highschool and elementary school feed off the same street, so when we approached the school, the traffic was so bad we had to pull over in front of a house and walk the rest of the journey. We live only a few streets away, so once the weather cools off we will just walk the whole way.

Once inside, it was like pulling teeth to get this kid to pose with his teacher.
I mean look how painful it was for him to stand there and smile for all of 2 seconds.
Sheesh.
It cracked me up because on the way into the class, he was walking ahead of me and of course none of the school personnel thought I was his mom, so they kept leaning down and asking him if he knew where he was going. Hilarious! I thought for sure me walking right behind him with a little brown skinned toddler in tow might tip them off that we might all be his family, but nope. That's okay! I am SO used to it by now. And atleast I know when I do begin to drop him off at the school entrance, he will have plenty of help getting to the kindergarten corridor.
Here is his table. He is sitting with girls who have names like, Genevieve, Ashtyn and Gabriella! Ha...long gone are the classmates named Sarah, Jennifer, and Becky...right?

Here was our first-day-of-school teacher gift.

The kindergartners are asked to bring an afternoon snack each day, so I also packed a weeks worth for the teacher along with a lemonade.

And a bundle of teacher school supplies (here is the front)

Dry erase markers, an eraser, and spray... along with tape and a flower pen.

On the back is a pack of sharpies and scissors.

Thought she might appreciate these much needed items!

Oh...and as I was leaving the kindergarten corridor, there was a teacher with a box of kleenex for parents who were in tears. I told Billy I wanted to cry out of relief that the summer was finally over! Does that make me a bad mom?

And to finish off this post, here are some of my adorable finds when I went tax free back-to-school clothes shopping over the weekend. I went by myself Friday night and then with the kids briefly the next day which ended with me in tears and Vivi with gum in her hair. Good grief. (P.S. Peanut butter does not work as well in getting gum out of hair as "they" say, Canola oil worked like a dream.) Vivi's rockin' pj's.

Brother outfits (got a few of these!)

Vivi's cool shirts and jeans.

( I was having difficulty getting the photos to rotate, so this is all I can post.)

Isaac's cool shirts and jeans.

J got some too, but those photos wouldn't post right.

Brother superhero shirts that with 15% off my order plus a $10 off coupon, I got for around 8 bucks each at old navy. These shirts seem to be all the rage for boys this season, so I was happy to get them at such a reasonable price, and in their sizes (not an easy feat)! I can't stand boys t-shirts with all kinds of graphics on the front or characters, but of course those are the shirts boys love. The above red sweatshirt was something Isaac chose. These shirts seemed to be a good compromise for us.