Kindergarten!!!

My big kid started Kindergarten this week!

Side Note: When I first got the letter telling me who his teacher is and that he got extended day I told him, "Guess what?!? You got all day kindergarten! And your teacher is going to be Miss Butler!" He giggled. I just stared at him straight faced and said "what's funny?" He kind of looked at me weird, didn't answer, and stopped giggling. :) Hee hee. I couldn't let him think his teachers name was funny, but I did get a kick out of the fact that he's a 5 year old boy and he knew better than to tell me that it's funny because her name sounds like "butt." Smart kid.
He goes to school Monday-Thursday 9am until 3:45pm. On Friday he goes 9am to 1:30pm. He loves eating lunch at school, but is still getting used to having to eat quickly. The first day he ran out of time and only ate his apples and half of his sandwich. I was very impressed that he didn't eat his Zinger first! I let him eat it after school. Yesterday he bought a lunch because he wanted chicken and noodles. Turns out he didn't like it very much and didn't end up eating hardly anything. He decided lunch from home is pretty good.

Monday morning was a little emotional. I was surprised that I teared up. I have been sending Weston to preschool at this same elementary school for the last two years, but leaving him all day. Not spending lunch time with him. It was a little hard to let go. He had no problem running into the classroom though. He had a couple friends from preschool in his class, so maybe that helped him adjust.
Yesterday he told me that his best friends that he plays with in class are all girls. I told him that it's fine to be friends with girls. I asked him if there were any boys he likes to play with, but he said he mostly sticks with the girls because the boys all play rough and mess around in class. But not him. He's such a funny boy. I love him. I hope he does find a boy or two to be friends with though.

I quite like his teacher. She seems very organized. Weston has a little 10 minute homework assignment each night plus 20 minutes of reading. So far he's been a little cocky about his homework, saying that it's too easy for him. It kind of is true, but I'm attempting to teach the kid some humility, so I point out the things he can do better on with writing his name, learning to read, etc. Needless to say Weston is more than ready for this leap into school and I am so proud of my cute, smart, sensitive kindergartner!

As for us non-kindergartners . . . we are bearing the absence of the 5 year old tolerably well. The first day Davin asked where Weston was three different times. Today we went on our first outing without him. It was fun. I met up with a friend and her little girls at Wheeler Farm. I am enjoying having some more one on one time with Davin and Talia. The house is MUCH quieter with Weston gone. Also I feel like I can finally get and keep my house clean. It's amazing how much more chaos and mess there is with 3 kids home all day compared to just 2.

I think we are all still adjusting to our new schedule. It will change again next week when Davin starts preschool on Mondays and Wednesdays. I asked Davin if he likes being home with me and Talia. He said "Yeah, but I wike to go to school too." Mixed reviews for Mom. :) Anyway, here's some photos from our farm fun today!