It was exciting to go over the Friday before school started and look at the lists to find out which teachers the kids would have. For us, it was the year of the "O" teachers - Hailey got Miss Oliekan and Zach got Mrs. O'Neill.
We have friends whose son had Miss Oliekan last year and had nothing to say but great things about her, so we were excited to know a bit about her. On back to school night, she was wearing a pink shirt (Hailey's favorite color) and Hailey decided she was going to be a great teacher. We also found out that there are quite a few girls and boys from the ward or other classes that Hailey knew, so she was going to have a bunch of friends right off the bat. Last year she didn't know a single person in her kindergarten class, so this was a change for her.
We didn't know much about Mrs. O'Neill, but at back to school night, she gave out bags of microwave popcorn to the kids and if you know anything about Zach, you know that he loves popcorn, so she won major points in his book from that act alone. Another fun thing she did is let them pick out their nametag and put it on whatever desk they wanted - so they were able to choose their own desk. We found out that there are 3-4 kids from the ward and numerous others from previous classes in Zach's class this year, so he was excited about that too!
This is another year with something new for us because Hailey moves from kindergarten to 1st grade and hence is in school all day long. Seems like the last few years have provided her with new opportunities each time with preschool, kindergarten, and now all day long in 1st grade. She has been so much fun to watch and she has loved every bit about school from preschool on up. She was a little bit nervous about 1st grade because her brother kept telling her how hard the math was going to be, but on the first day she came home and let us know that they had done a few math worksheets in class and not only were the very easy, but she finished them in school and didn't have to bring any home to work on. So those worries were quickly put to rest!
Here are our first day of school pictures of our new 1st grader:
She chose this outfit from all of her new school clothes and just loved the ruffles on the shirt, so that was the one she thought would look the best on the first day. She was also so excited to wear her new tennis shoes. We've had them for over 3 months and it has been a very long wait for her!
Here are our first day of school pictures of our new 4th grader:
He was also very picky about his first day of school outfit. Of course he chose a sports related one (although we had plenty of nice polos to choose from)! But I didn't think it looked too bad, so I didn't object. He was also excited to wear his new tennis shoes that we've had just as long as Hailey's. His old shoes are literally falling apart and we've just been babying them along to last the last few weeks before school started.
Love this one - although they were sad to have summer end, by the time the first day rolled around, they were excited to get off and going.
Tate did not want to be left out of the picture taking, even though he wasn't going to school. He was so excited, he even closed his eyes for the picture! I thought the smile was so cute, so I had to include it.
We took another of him and although it's not much better, you can see his his eyes a bit better.
Here are our three big kids - a 4th grader, 1st grader, and 2 year old. They are growing oh so fast, but I love each of them so much and are so proud of them all!
Later that afternoon, Zach and Hailey came home from school full of fun things to tell about their first days. They both had such a good time, they couldn't wait for the next day to go back. Looks to be another great year at school!
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I somehow haven't been getting the updates on your blog for a few weeks so I just did a little catching up. It looks like you've had a fun summer! And I can't believe you guys have a fourth grader! These kids just grow up so fast. Hope you're all doing well!
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