1st Day of First Grade!!

Adam had a great first day back to school!  After a bit of a rough wake-up (I apparently woke him up in the middle of a dream), he had a breakfast of pancakes and bacon and still had a little time to chill out watching his "Stampy" Minecraft  videos. As I had written on Facebook, he wanted Dave and I to be at the bus stop AND at his school when he got off the bus like last year.  We thought the bus would take forever like last year so we waited about a half hour after it left and ended up missing it. When he got home, I asked if he cared that we weren't there when his bus got to school.  Not really.  He said there were only 4 people on the bus in the morning!  No wonder it got there soo quickly!  He didn't really care when we went to his classroom either.  I felt bad for missing him.  He was just going about his business and being "Mr.Quiet" (because that's who he turns into at school).  He and his friend Jaxon get to so sit next to each other so a snapped a quick picture of them and we headed out.

Adam got home and told me all about his day.  They had a little scavenger hunt to find things in the classroom (name tags to place how you are going home, names to color and cut out, supplies that aren't in his desk cubby, etc). He actually went into detail about where each thing was  - it was pretty cute.  Then there was the big morning assembly where the Seniors get paired up with the Kindergarten buddies.  (He said Emma got a buddy and his friend's little brother got a buddy).  Uncle Stefan got an award/certificate for being a teacher for soo many years.

They had lunch. It was grilled cheese but he said you have to eat a vegetable, a fruit, and a protein before you can get something else?  He got half a blueberry bagel. Thankfully they took away "Fruit Rush" drink (aka colored sugar water) and he had chocolate milk.  (Fruit Rush is just for summer camps he said).

They had a recess or 2.  Played a new game of tag called "doctors".  They went to the library where he got 2 books on dinosaurs that he read on the bus ride home.  They had computer lab with a new teacher. 

I think that's all!

Catching up before school starts

Wow!!  Well, Adam spent most of his summer at school.  CA has some amazing camps and Adam wanted to sign up for every week.  He mostly did science-type camps but his favorite week was called Ancient Survival.  They learned about how Native Americans lived and spent a lot of time in the woods around the school.  The last day of camp they went on a field trip to Flint Ridge Park.  Adam enjoyed learning how to use a flint drill and spending all his money in the gift shop.  :)  Last week we went to COSI (and I agree, the old one was much better), mini golf, and the zoo/Jungle Jack's landing.  I think if given the chance, Adam would play Minecraft or watch Minecraft videos all day and call it a great summer break! Ugh!  At least I was able to teach him how to ride his bike.

Yesterday our neighborhood had a picnic.  The first one in the 11 years we have lived here!  We found out we have a lot of older neighbors with a sprinkling of us younger ones.  We finally got to meet the one's whose Junior rides the bus to CA with Adam.  I had contacted her earlier in the day to see if they had received the bus schedule yet. (No).  Adam ended up playing with her younger son and a couple of the other neighborhood kids we sometimes see out.  I was like - Yeah, that's what a neighborhood should look like!  A bunch of kids running around together!  Our new home association secretary (or maybe he's president) is planning a "progressive dinner" next.  Something about having appetizers at one house, salad at another, main at another, then all meet up at the last house for dessert.  Hmmm.....won't be our house. ;)

I just got an email from our fellow CA neighbor.  She emailed Westerville City Schools Dept. of Logistics/Transportation today (I did last week and didn't get a response at all).  She said they called her tonight to say the boys will be picked up at 6:48 am on Wednesday!!  10 minutes earlier than last year!  Her son was always running for the bus in the morning so I hope he makes it.  One of her other sons is starting there this year so maybe he'll help get him going. :)

2 more days left of summer.  I'm hoping the weather holds out because I would like to take Adam to the Olentangy Caverns (I've never been) and maybe back to Young's Dairy or Clifton Gorge/Glen Helen.