At Home

This post is actually about how Luke is not at home as much anymore. The whole thing went down a little differently than expected- starting on his 5th birthday. We'll get to that in a bit. But first, a little about Luke. Luke is designed perfectly to enjoy school. He will sit and work on a puzzle or draw for over an hour. At rest time "for fun" he likes to "count numbers" in his head, he tells me. He has been asking for homework for over a year and a half now. I expected school to be a welcome transition. And it was. Maybe a little too welcome? Here's the story.

Teaching at Hyland has been great for our family. We knew we would like to eventually have the boys there if we could swing it. Luke had been asking and asking when he'll get to go. My answer had always been, "you start kindergarten with Mrs. Grampp when you're five." Not enough specific details about how that would go down I guess, because on the morning of his 5th birthday he was so excited to start school THAT DAY. Didn't see that coming a bit. Of course he would think that! How was he supposed to know that yes, it's when you're five, but first you turn five then you have to wait four more months? Well, I explained it and needless to say, we had tears.

The four months went by (too quickly for me, to slowly for someone else) and we began school officially on Wednesday, August 22nd. That child is so at home there. He is SO LOVED there. He has waited and waited, coming to school with me and watching and watching all the kids. And it has paid off. The first day was so very fun for him.

He got to do all the things he has watched the "big kids" do for so long. He even got to be the first line leader and did a great job. Mrs. Grampp gave him the King's Kid award for their class for the week because of his line leading skills, haha. She said they never got lost once. :) King's Kid awards are a big deal. They give them out in chapel every Friday morning in front of the whole school and the parents. (even the HIGH SCHOOLERS) :) Luke, of course, was thrilled!

There was one down side to the first week. No homework. We didn't get homework until the 4th day of school. He survived that wait, but barely. Here is his first homework assignment. Silly to take a picture of that you say? Well, you haven't lived with the anticipation.

Friday evening after the first week of school Luke says to me, "mom, what day is tomorrow?" When I told him Saturday (with much excitement in my voice), he answered me "YES! That means it's getting closer to Monday!"  He has made lots of new friends, learned lots of new things and done everything the quintessential kindergartener should do. So fun to watch.