School Days

It is hard to believe that the summer is over and school days are here again! It hasn't been easy for me to let three of my little ones leave me all day to attend school, in fact it has been sort of traumatic to have them all start going to school all day long at once. I am suffering some serious withdrawals. I put on a happy face before school started and told Carston, Jackson and Peyton about all the fun things they will be doing in school. Then I cried on the way home after dropping them off for the first two days. I didn't want them to see that it is so hard for me to let them go.

They are all attending Harold Keller Elementary school, which is only about half a mile from our house. Don't they look cute in their school uniforms? I am realizing that while I totally approve of wearing uniforms to school, it sure is easier to put my boys in their uniforms than it is to make Peyton wear a purple shirt every day. Maybe it is because she is my only girl and it is fun for me to dress her in outfits that don't exactly go with the parish's purple pre-k uniform shirt.
Carston is in Ms. Blanque's Kindergarten class. Jackson is in Ms. Jaime's Pre-K class and Peyton is in Ms. Tina's Pre-K class. The Pre-K teachers asked me before school started if it would be okay to separate my sweet twins and I thought it would probably be good for them to be in their own class, but now I am wishing they could be together because they always have been and because I like them having each other.

This is our traditional first day of school picture place, in front of the carport door. It seems to take me forever to get everyone lined up at this door ready for school with lunches packed, homework checked and tummies filled with a hearty breakfast. Hopefully I'll get into a good routine soon that will help me get the kids to school with more than a few minutes to spare before the tardy bell.

Carston, my fearless Kindergartner!

Watch out Pre-K, here come the Calder twins!
Jackson is in the ninetieth percentile for height and, as you see here, Peyton takes after me and is off the charts with her height. Jackson is a tiny bit sensitive about it sometimes, he doesn't like thinking of Peyton as bigger than he is. He has even started calling her his "little sister" since she is technically two minutes younger. I try to explain to him that he'll catch up someday (although it will probably be a few years before that happens).

I hope the kids will learn to love school and learning! Jackson is already the sweetheart of his class, bringing home treasures each day for being good and telling me about all of his new friends. Carston has informed me that I needn't make the flash cards the rest of the class needs, because he already knows all of them. Peyton tells me she likes school so far, but hasn't clearly identified what she likes about it. We'll work on that. Now I just need to talk Grant into staying home with me for another year, instead of begging me to take him to his school each morning after we drop off the other kids.

Happy School Days to my three sweet friends!