Nathan's First Day of Kindergarten

The day finally arrived. The day Nathan's been looking forward to for months - his first day of Kindergarten! He wakes up in the morning like his mommy... SLOWLY. But today, I went in to wake him and he literally bounced out of bed and got dressed in his new uniform quickly! He downed his Raisin Bran as fast as possible and was ready to leave before anyone else. 

(uniform logos removed digitally for safety reasons)

Nathan got to meet his teacher last Friday. She asked us to bring all his school supplies then, and leave his backpack there for the weekend. So he doesn't have his backpack for that traditional first day of school picture. But that didn't damper the excitement!

When we got to school, we walked him in and he wasn't too shy. He greeted his teacher by name and shook her hand, then posed for a photo before giving us the "look" that said, "you can all leave now."

As you can see, Nathan is almost as tall as his teacher! She's a sweet woman who taught elementary and was a principal for many years. She retired a few years ago, and when her grandson was preparing for kindergarten (last year), she remembered how much she enjoyed teaching that age. All his 4 year old friends ended up coming over to learn from her, too. So she told God, "if you want me to get back to teaching, give me a sign." She said that Sunday morning, a woman she didn't know came up to her and said, "I heard you use to be a teacher, we have an opening at the school, would you be interested in applying?" I sure wish God was that clear with all life's decisions!

So Nathan's teacher has come out of an 8 year retirement just to teach this class. She claims to have no life and not need the money, so she told parents that all her time, and her paycheck, will just go back to the 10 kids in her class! Yup - 10 kids! That's IT! How awesome is that? Not to mention an awesome teacher with the wisdom from 30+ years of teaching and the excitement of a brand new college graduate :)  Nathan's going to have an awesome year!

Faith and Ruth, on the other hand.... they missed their brother a lot today. But they're learning to play on their own and will become best buds. Ruth already thinks Faith is THE BEST GIFT EVER. She adores her brother, but she is mesmerized by her big sister! They'll have a fun year together. And then there's baby brother... he's due any moment now and sure will add some chaos, I mean joy, to our busy schedule :)

Happy first day of Kindergarten to Nathan and all his friends!