The First Day of School

The first day of school has come and gone. Alexis started 2nd grade on August 25th. She was so excited to go back and see her friends. Her teacher is brand new to the school. She was hired 4 days before school started. I was worried, because we had requested a teacher who ended up quitting the week before school. Tragic, she was a great teacher. Alexis's new teacher, Ms. Evans is awesome! She has taught preschool, which is an age group that I love and can relate to, and she is a friendly grandma type. She isn't too old-fashioned, it's awesome.

We took the picture of her sitting in her chair because her feet still do not touch the floor when she is sitting there. I remember not being tall enough to touch the floor with my feet. Ah, the life of being short. I think that my Kindergarten and 1st grade pictures had me sitting on the chair with my feet barely hanging over the edge.

Domenic started school yesterday! He is now an official Kindergartener. Wow, were did the time go. We were talking about what to expect on the

way to school and he turned to me and said "Bye Mom, I am ready to go." And I was worried that he would be the one who sat and cried. Nope, he practically pushed me out the door. He loved it so much that today he keeps asking, "Is it time to go to school yet?" What a big boy! I am so proud of him! He is very into doing homework with Alexis. We are really working on getting him to learn his letters. For some reason he just hasn't gotten them down yet. Not to worry, he can hold his own with math problems, patterns, organization, classification, etc. He is going to do so well in geometry! The reading will come, with lots of practice!

Domenic's teacher, Mrs. Carter did the most wonderful thing to help him out when we went to his assessment. She gave him first, a book about zoo animals. Domenic is obssessed with zoo animals. Next, and this was the clincher on their friendship, she gave him a Pez guy! Yes, when she found out that he collects them she went straight to her closet and pulled one out. She told him that she didn't know what to do with them, but thought that he would be the perfect recipient. There you have it, give Domenic a Pez and you have made a friend for life! He loves her!