Kindergarten

I can't believe we are here.  Ethan is officially a kindergartner.  We are so incredibly proud of the how far he has come these past six years.
 

 

Last week we went to Back to School night.  He enjoyed seeing his classroom and walking through the school.

 

And, then after church (hence the tie) we went to pick up school supplies.

 The HotWheels backpack was a hit!

And, of all things, when we walked out of the store, there was free horseback riding...

 Ethan requested McQueen pancakes for his first day of Kindergarten breakfast.

 Love these two and their awesome relationship

 Ethan walked into school with great confidence, found his chair, sat down, and started working. There were no tears involved.  (For either of us.)  :)

I think it is incredibly hard to be an educator and a parent.  Most of my teaching/education friends agree that there is this difficult line you walk.  I don't know how many times I went back and forth with what I should tell his teacher as a parent vs what I know she will most likely figure out on her own as a trained educator. 
He goes to school three days a week for two full days and one half day.  I love this type of schedule as it allows him the opportunity to get used to being at school for a full day before he has to do it all day every single day.  Plus, he then gets a break between each day, which is good for him.
His concern going into kindergarten was the bell at school.  It proved to be no big deal and he did great today!  When I asked him what he wanted to learn about at school this year he told me, "Jesus."  Unfortunately, I had to tell him that his teacher now wouldn't be teaching him about Jesus.  I have to say, that is very sad for me.  His pre-K teacher from last year was one of the most amazing teachers I have come across and I loved that he came home every day feeling the love of God.  There is nothing better than that.