Yesterday was the big day. Jack had his first day of first grade. Honestly, after all the hype and anxiety and novelty surrounding his first day of kindergarten, this year was a little anticlimactic.
Jack jumped right back into our old routine like a pro. He went to bed early the night before and woke up early the morning of his first day. I took a few "first day of school" pictures. One tradition we started back on his very first day of preschool three(!) years ago was to take a picture of him holding up a sign listing his name, grade, the date, and his age. On that very first first day, Jack insisted that we list his age in months. It's a uniquely Jack idiosyncrasy that we continued yesterday.
As I mentioned, Jack's school moved campuses over the summer. The parking and drop-off procedures proved to be pretty chaotic on the first day of school. I had hoped to be able to walk him in to his first morning assembly on his first day, but it was not to be. I couldn't find parking close by, so I ended up dropping him off at the drop off line and having a parent volunteer (who thankfully I knew) walk him in. I had to park at the high school across the street and run back to the auditorium, which was so packed I couldn't get in. I was at least there to see the kids all walk out to their classroom. Against principal's orders, a few of us parents followed the kids just to peek into their classrooms.
One big bummer is that, after what felt like an unseasonably cold summer, we are now in the midst of a major heat wave right as school starts. Our old campus was air conditioned, but this one is not. I'm not normally someone who minds the heat that much, but this hot weather is making even me grumpy. I'm hoping the heat breaks soon and that temperatures return to tolerable levels.
By all accounts (or at least Jack's and his teacher's), Jack is adjusting well to school and has returned to form as a model student. His teacher this year is very young and enthusiastic. I'm choosing to take the "glass half full" view of the fact that this is her first year teaching. At least she isn't burnt out and will hopefully bring some new energy.
I feel a little bad for Violet this week. The last two days, I've lingered on campus after drop-off just to reconnect with old friends and to help out if I can. There hasn't been a lot of time for me to play with her. Also, she hasn't been sleeping great at night, which means I don't sleep great at night. It's been easy to just lay low these last few days. I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things with her in the next week or so.
All in all, it's been a positive start to the year.
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