The First of the First Day

Elliott at Kindergarten Meet and Greet the day before school starts

My baby Elliott is a kindergartener!!! I am freaking out quite a bit. This morning he got up before his alarm clock, and the first thing he said to me was, " I am just so excited to ride the bus, Mom..." He had me do his hair too. He didn't want the usual, Superman hair, instead he wanted it cool; he wanted to look like his dad. He picked out his school clothes last night, put on his fancy new light-up shoes and spent the next hour and a half asking if we were going to be late and if it was time to go to the bus stop yet. I love him so much. He is our innocent, sweet boy, flying the safe little bubble we've managed to keep him in for almost 6 years. He'll do great for sure. He had plenty of time to pose for my Mommy-camera this morning, so to begin my documentation of Elliott's First Day of Kindergarten, here are some beauty shots:

I told him I wanted to get a picture of him off to school, so there is one where he is walking, muscle man smiling, superman smiling, cool smiling, silly smiling, and just smiling. He is quite a personality; see for yourself.

When Lucy went to kindergarten, I didn't know you could follow the bus and take pictures at the school, so I didn't. I didn't make that mistake with Elliott...the whole thing was well-documented!

Here he is with our neighbor, and his good friend, Jordan as they walk to line their backpacks up against the wall outside their classrooms.

Elliott with his classmates, and more neighbors, Jake and Carson.

The thing he was second most excited about was the playground. He enjoyed it first thing.

Looking a little more nervous now that the bell has rung, he is lined up to go inside, and the girl next to him is having a meltdown. You can see his nerves in his hands. Notice how he is playing with his backpack or twiddling his hands constantly, so sweet.

Elliott with his teacher Mrs. Mckay

Still looking nervous. He said she asked him to go to the window and see what the weather looked like today during circle time. He was very proud of having the responsibility of announcing it was a sunny day.

Such a sad little nervous smile!

The long march into class.....he is now officially a preschooler no more! (He was very excited when I pointed that out to him after school.)

And DONE!!! His first day was a success!

Doesn't he look smarter? He reported that he liked walking down the hall quietly to the cafeteria for a snack of chocolate milk. He liked seeing Lucy on the playground twice during recess, He used the sign language "T" to tell his teacher he had to use the restroom, and he gets two recesses instead of one. After school, he got to pick where he wanted to eat, and order whatever he wanted, so we went to McDonald's, and he got chicken nuggets and a smoothie. That boy would sell his own family for a smoothie, so it made his day. This year we are starting the tradition of giving new books to them on the first day of school, we gave him a cute book called Jeremy Draws a Monster.

He is officially a student.