the FIRST day of School for our two BIG kids

Rise and Shine! It is the first day of school!!!

By the look on their faces you'd think I got them up at 5am (only 7:15).

Mom made a special breakfast-Egg/Bacon/Cheese Sandwhiches

and Breakfast Milkshakes (jme we make them all the time) Here's my BIG boy all ready for his 1st day of Pre-School
Ame is SOO ready, although now going back inside for a sweater.
She was so excited to wear her new dress and of course
we get a nice cold spell, so a sweater it is!
A new backpack of course

These 2 were equally excited for each other on their 1st day

And we are off! (QUinn had class this morning)

First stop (with the boys aboard), Ame's class! She found her spot on the carpet.

It was funny there were several PROUD parents (including myself) standing along the back of the classroom snaping pics and getting video. After a few minutes of intro the teacher told all the kids to turn around and WAVE GOODBYE to their parents. That was a cute way of saying

GET OUT OF HERE!

I wasn't as teary as I thought I would be, sending off my 1st to school.

I was just proud and excited for her. We have been waiting for this day for

A LONG TIME!

Next it was off to Kaipo's class...Alphabet Train PreSchool.

Kaipo and my good friend's boy, Casen. They are great pals too!

(the are both about the same...rough & tumble & crazy)

Ms. Michelle is in our stake and was highly recommended.

I think she will be GREAT with Kaipo-giving him the discipline

and structure he needs.

I HAD to take this picture.

After all that racing around, I brought Ash home to take a quick nap

b4 we had to go back to pick everyone up. I decided to check my

email and do a few things on the computer. And after a moment of

NO interruptions, I realized...IT IS SOOO QUIET.

It actually felt really wierd, but I think I will enjoy this

2 hours/twice a week!

Then it was back to school for pick-up.

I took a cute picture of Ame with her teacher,

Miss Amy when she had her one-on-one evaluation time.

Unfortunately, I had forgotten my camera, so I just snapped

a few withmy camera phone, which now I can't get off cuz something is

wrong withmy plug. I am annoyed with my phone lately!!

(beside the point)
Here she is, after her 1st day of school!

Ame with our 2 neighbors, Jackson and Garritt

(they are in the other kindergarten class)

Ame and Ireland-she is in another ward in our church bldg,

but they have played together a few times, so hopefully they become

better friends now that they are in the same class.

I worry about Ame and making friends. She feels left out easily

(which I am sure is common at this age), and I have been trying to talk to her

about how to make friends. I encouraged her to learn the name of one

new class member each day (and each day I will ask her who she met),

until she knows everyone! Hopefully that will help her to be a

little more outgoing!!

I didn't see who instigated the hand-holding,

but I though that was cute.