Evan's First Day of Kindergarten

Today was Evan's first day of Kindergarten and no tears were shed by the mother or the child! I have heard that EVERY MOM cries when their first born goes to kindergarten. Well I guess I shattered that rule. Evan was as happy as could be to be going to kindergarten and I was just as happy to have him entertained by a cute, young, energetic teacher for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week.

After 3 pictures Evan was getting antsy to get on his scooter and ride to school.

Once at school of course I wanted more pictures unfortunately the sun was blaring in Evan's eyes.

Evan had to show off his prized possession - his new Transformers backpack.

Evan was so excited when his teacher came outside and told them to line up. Evan asked if I would stay until he went inside. As his class was walking inside Evan looked at me and said, "Mom, you can leave now." So grown up! Where have the last 5 1/2 years gone?

Here is a picture of Evan and his teacher Mrs. Longenecker at the school's open house.

She is absolutely adorable. She has played off of her last name and her classroom is dinosaur themed. She gave each kid a dinosaur name and put their face in a dinosaur that has a clothespin to hang their artwork in the hall for all to see.

After school Evan casually walked out of his classroom, but once he saw Lily and I he started running to us. He was nicely reminded to walk by one of the teacher's aides. So many rules to remember in kindergarten! Evan and Lily gave each other a hug because it had been a long time since they had seen each other - like almost 3 hours! The way they fight at times, I assumed they were sick of being around each other all day every day during the summer. I think the 3 hours away from each other is great for them plus I get a little peace and quiet!

When asked how his first day of kindergarten, Evan replied, "A girl in my class cried the entire time. First she wanted to choose the color purple, then she wanted to be the first to answer a question, then she got sad at recess. She cried a lot." Later Evan did tell me he likes kindergarten better than preschool and that Mrs Longenecker is really nice and read a story about a racoon who went to kindergarten.

When we got home, Evan and Lily played school. Evan was the teacher and Lily the student. It was really cute for the hour they played well together, then the fighting began again!

After his first day of kindergarten!