Time is certainly flying by!
Had my first official "craving: crepes. I had them 2 days in a row!
Friday was Christopher's first day at school :)
Well.... first day of actually GOING to school anyways!
We do school a little UN-traditionally (sort've like everything else in our life!)
We started homeschooling in summertime but now there is this really great program in the area
where he is able to technically be enrolled in the public school system and then he attends school 1x / week with other kids who are enrolled in the same program. On school days they cover electives and do things like: play, music, gym class, lunch, recess, art, library time. It's pretty awesome!
I know this isn't the explanatory post as to why I decided to do it this way... so I'll give you a recap:
1.) Christopher STILL takes naps during the day and NEEDS to rest. I think school isn't designed around the needs of the child or the family.... but involves convenience and it goes against our natural biological clocks!
2.) School simply isn't for everyone. Each child learns differently. Christopher is one of those kids. He's very social and outgoing; a truly unique personality that I know would be squashed out in traditional school.
Anyways. That and the fact that we like to travel and have freedom.... and going to school everyday.... getting up at 7 and getting home at 4.... that just didn't feel very free.
So onto his first day of school: I was / am 33 weeks
I woke up early to bake him some zucchini bread.
He woke up at 6:22 A.M.!!!! Can you tell that somebody was a little excited?!
Then Ryan woke up, too and was giving Christopher "fashion advice" for his first day of school and how to look "cool" so other kids would play with him (I was sitting in the other room just laughing as I was listening to them!)
He eventually settled on a button down shirt and a red sweatshirt over the top and some jeans. He also wore his neon green + blue tennis shoes.
In his backpack he wanted to take his pencil box and crayons. And I believe Ryan also shoved a carrot in there for his snack time ;)
Then we went outside to scramble out some "first day of school pictures"! and piled into the car.
He was excited to make friends and see his teacher.
We walked in and he introduced himself to everyone he met in the hallway: "Hi! My name is Christopher and I'm five. What's your name?" and the one woman told him and then he stuck out his hand to shake hers and said, "It's nice to meet you!" and then she walked him to the classroom.
It was pretty adorable!
This kid is going to be the one that's like. "Yeah whatever mom. See ya later!" When / If he goes to college someday. He's TOTALLY like me! He just walks into the room. Didn't even say goodbye just started talking to the teacher and the kids and then playing with a vacuum they had in the toy area.
Ryan was NOT impressed to leave brother behind.
I think he thought we were just going to take him and then we would all stay for a little bit and then go home. So if you notice his face in the picture below: he was NOT impressed with how things ACTUALLY went down. (i.e. we left Christopher there)
His words were, "I am MAD. I miss my brudder AWREADY!"
and he insisted that he was NOT going to have fun at the adventure center (the place he goes to in the YMCA while I swim) and he was just going to sit in the corner and not talk to anyone!
Ryan and I had a very .... quiet.... relaxed afternoon. Odd doesn't even begin to describe it!
I made dinner in advance so that day I could just come home and lounge with the boys because I figured Christopher would be pretty tuckered out.
We went back to pick him up and Ryan let go of my hand and took off at a full run: pushing past everyone to get into the room. I called after him, "Ryan - come here!" and he responded with, "I need to go get my brudder!!!!!"
I was able to follow shortly behind and I found Ryan in the classroom standing proudly next to Christopher with this HUGE grin on his face. When I walked up to them Ryan says to me, "I found brudder. I'm happy now!" -----> *heart melt* awww!!!
His teacher and a couple other administrators / program directors all said he was VERY helpful and did well on his first day. He liked music class very much and was one of the loudest singers. For his "theme week" (each kiddo gets to pick a theme for one week out of the school year) Christopher chose "trains".
One of the other things I heard (which I hear alot) was, "Wow. He's not shy AT ALL, is he?" ..... nope. He sure isn't! 9 months old and he would put his arms up in the air in the "pick-me-up" baby sign language: only he would do it do complete strangers in the store! There were plenty of times where I would just turn around and he would be following somebody else or another family around the store. The doctor's assessment of, "Don't worry. This will pass. He'll get stranger anxiety just like every other kid" did NOT come to pass. Ever.
Anyways: needless to say his first day was a big success.
However, I know there's NO WAY he could do it everyday! Oh my goodness!
He was tired out. We called everyone and he wanted ME to tell them about his first day instead because he was tired and he "had a sickness: allergies".
He was VERY excited that his dad called to ask him about his first day.
The day before he had been pretty upset that Rob wasn't going to be there to see him go to school. That was a little prick to the heart.
So Friday evening was spent just lounging around the house :)
Hope you enjoy the pictures below!
ps - when Ryan and I came back to the house there was a package sitting on the doorstep and inside was the adorable rattle and onesie that you see pictured below! AW!
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| Christopher: VERY Excited! "My first day of school!!!" |
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| Ryan: NOT so excited "I am MAD. I miss my brudder awready!" |
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| The ADORABLE rattle and octopus onesie that was waiting on the doorstep! |
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