Kindergarten

ok ok--it has been a week since Charlie started school...and I am JUST now able to talk about it (sniffsniff). He was SO excited that he could NOT stand it! Armed with a big boy backpack (camo, of course) and a Batman alarm clock, he has been quite the student!

Every morning, they get up fill their sticker chart. They make their beds (recommended by Pat), eat breakfast, clear the table, get dressed, brush teeth, wet hair, put on socks and shoes and get backpacks. For each of these, they get a sticker and if they get all their stickers, they get a quarter for the day. This allows for 6 quarters a week (if you do it on Sunday too)...they tithe one and save one and get to spend the rest. It has been great.

Zach exclaimed on the first day at school...CHARLIE--I will miss you, but I WON'T be sad! Then they embraced. It was really sweet.

Charlie loved school SO much that he got up at 5:05 for THREE days! We finally told him he wasn't allowed to get up until the first number said 6.

Charlie is stubborn, but has an incredible teacher. He is really doing well. (This does a worried mama's heart a LOT of good) The 2nd day during story time, he rolled over onto his back and threw his legs up in the air over his head. He said, "I'm an armadillo and I've been hit by a truck. You can call me roadkill."

He has learned to eat with one hand in his lap (WOW!) He has filled out a calendar to 31 and a bunch of other stuff. His friend Ellen LOVES him and pretends to make him salmon at recess every day because it is his favorite. He has the sweetest friends.

He is in a class of THREE! Actually he is in a SCHOOL of THREE! It is amazing...perfect for him. Hmmm...Zach starts tomorrow. I will have to write again soon...