Brighton's First Day of Preschool

Today was Brighton's first day of preschool.  

He was super excited!

He has to bring a snack to preschool everyday and so in addition to the backpack he had to have a lunch box.  He has been begging me for one for a long time, he wants to be just like his big sisters.

There was a little boy crying and clinging to his mom.  Brighton just couldn't understand this (i.e. the look on his face).  He kept asking "Why's that boy crying?"  My reply to him was "He doesn't want to leave his mom."  Brighton's reply back "He's being a baby, maybe he just shouldn't go to school."

All the kids lined up and the parents had to say goodbye.  Brighton was off to his first day of class.  He didn't even turn around to look at me!  It's probably a good thing he didn't because I started crying!  My baby boy isn't such a baby anymore.  I didn't know what to do with myself, our house has NEVER been so quite!

When I picked up Brighton from preschool he asked "Where is Aspen and Autumn?".  When I told him they weren't done yet, he wanted to go back to class until night time.  

When I asked Brighton how preschool was, his reply was "It was AWESOME!"

First Day of School '11

Monday Night was "Meet the Teacher" at the kids new school.

Aspen and her new 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Pine.

Autumn and her new 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Trujillo.  She has some big shoes to fill, her kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Briggs and her 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Murphy were the best teachers EVER!

Brighton starts preschool this year.  His teacher is probably going to wish he wasn't in her class.  He has more energy and can talk more than any kid I have ever known.  Brighton and his new teacher, Mrs. Johnson.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 2011

Aspen and Autumn with a big grin because Zorro walked into the picture.

 Autumn is super excited to start school and make new friends!

Aspen, not so excited!

As I was taking this picture in front of our house the school bus stopped right in front.  But of course being the overprotective mom that I am I won't let them ride the bus.  I have to drive them to and from school.

Aspen was REALLY nervous to start a new school!  This will be her 5th school she has attended!  I think she is sick and tired of being the new kid.

 Autumn has come a long way!  In Kindergarten she left for school crying uncontrollably!  2nd grade she couldn't wait to go to school and make new friends!

First Day of School '09

Today is the first day of school for Aspen & Autumn!

Aspen is entering the 3rd grade this year. This is the 4th school in 4 years that she will attend. Her teachers name is Mrs. Putnam. She is excited this year because she will have a locker at school! She considers herself one of the big kids now.

Autumn is going to Kindergarten this year. Her teacher is Mrs. Briggs. She was sooooo excited to start school! She has been counting down the days. Jay went upstairs to wake her up this morning and he gave her a kiss and she opened her eyes and the first thing she said was "Today I get to go to school!".

To get the kids to smile Jay had to make funny faces therefor the laughing and not looking at me.


Brighton will not know what to do without his big sisters! I have already heard a few times today "Where Aubum", which is" Where is Autumn".

We arrived at school and Aspen found her good friend Bella before we had even left the parking lot. I think this made it a little easier on her transition to a new school.

Goodbye Aspen. She was so excited that she got a new backpack this year that had wheels, she had to make sure I got it in the picture.

Autumn with her teacher Mrs. Briggs. In her school all the teachers have a line outside the building with their classroom number on it. The kids have to line up on it and when the warning bell rings the teachers take their kids to their classroom.

This is Autumn waiting in line. She had just realized that she was going to have to leave mom. You can probably tell she is crying. I was trying to be so brave not to cry and when she started crying I was holding back the tears. I knew I had to be strong until I got to the car.

"Goodbye Mom & Dad". This is going to be one of the longest days of my life. I know I shouldn't worry, but I do. Sometimes when Autumn starts crying she can't stop without me picking her up in my arms and holding her. Will she have a fun day? Will she make friends? Will she like her teacher? I am counting down the minutes until I can go wait for her in parent pick up. I want to see the look on her face when she walks into the gym. I know I will instantly be able to tell if she had a good day or a bad day.

After dropping the kids off Jay and I were driving home and Jay said "I can't believe there weren't more kids crying". I had to remind him that most of the kids there had been going to day care since they were born, they were used to being away from their parents. My little girl has never had to leave mom & dad and go with someone she doesn't know.

Autumn's First Day of Preschool

Today was Autumn's first day of preschool. She missed the deadline for kindergarten by 10 days. She was sooo excited!!!! She woke up at 6:30 (an hour or more than she usually wakes up) and came downstairs and said mom today I go to school!! It is all she can talk about. She is just doing a Joy School because all the other preschools around here are just like daycare not to mention very expensive. You are not aloud to have a preschool out of your home here in Michigan, it has to be a place of business. Her first day went good but she is disappointed that she didn't get any homework! I will have to remind her of that later on when she complains of homework. I kept telling Autumn to stand still and say cheese so Brighton went next to her and kept saying eez, eez. It was hilarious!

And of course Aspen had to be in the picture as well!

Aspen's First Day of 2nd Grade

So I thought I would update you on Aspens first day of school. I went to pick her up at parent pick up in the gym. She came in and saw me then turned around and gave a girl a hug! All my fears dissipated! Her friend came up and introduced herself and informed us that Aspen now has 4 new best friends. What a relief!!!!

Today was Aspen's first day of 2nd grade. She started at a new school since moving here to Michigan (it will be her 3rd school in 3 years). She was a little excited this morning. That quickly went away. At her school they line up outside the school by class. All the kids in her class seemed to know each other not to mention every other 2nd grader in the school. They were calling each other by name and laughing. Not one person talked to Aspen. I asked her if she wanted me to leave and she said no and just clung to my arm. For first grade and kindergarten I walked her into her room and she said bye mom, you can leave now. But not this time, this was a time when I just wanted to cry. My heart just ached for her. I wish I could just keep her home and shelter her for the rest of her life. I hope her day gets better and she will make lots of friends. She has always been the ring leader and is friends with everyone. Anyway I had to go to get groceries and remembered that Aspen had been begging for the new Miley Cyrus CD. So, I bought it for her and am going to wrap it up and give it to her when I pick her up. I hope this will cheer her up!

Aspen wanted me to make sure I got a picture of her new etnies shoes. She already takes after Grandma Hoggan - a shoeaholic!

Of course Autumn and Brighton wanted their picture taken too!