The McKeehan Family: First Day of School x 2

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

First Day of School x 2

Today David started Junior High!!! He is in 6th grade! He has Mr. McCarthy as his advisory teacher this year & has a lot of his friends from last year in his class. He was a little nervous this morning, the school didn't send home any class info before school & didn't have an open house for the older kids, but once we figured out who he had & he got in the gate he was good. His favorite thing about 6th grade is everything, his most unfavorite thing, his locker! He couldn't figure it out and had to have a 7th grader help him today.

And Thomas started Kindergarten!! And yes, as I pulled out of the driveway to go to school I had to put my sunglasses on because I was starting to cry & didn't want to upset Thomas. I had to wake him up this morning really early (for him) as I was waking him up he looked out the window and told me that it still looks like dark morning and he can't wake up this early in the day unless he's going to Disneyland! He has been very nervous for school & will tell me that he wants to be 4 again so he can go to preschool instead. I was very nervous and worried about how he would do today but was & am SO proud of him! David walked him to his classroom door and Thomas went in like a champ! No tears or fighting, just walked right in!! After school I asked Thomas how his day was and he told me it was dumb! I asked him if he made any new friends today and his response, no there is no one in my class worth being friends with!! I think he had a good time at school today, he has been slowly opening up about his day at school throughout the afternoon/evening. And he does want to go back since he packed his lunch box this afternoon with 7 granola bars and a package of poptarts!