I can't figure out if Bubba likes preschool or not. He goes to school MWF, and just about every day he tells me he doesn't like it, or even that he hates it, but he goes skipping in with a smile on his face every time I drop him off. And he is actually talking about people in his class by name now, not just "him" or "her." He loves having a lunch box; I know that much. He keeps asking me how much longer he has to go to this school before he can go to Kindergarten. I asked him to let me take his picture on the first day of school, and he let me. I took this one:
Then he told me I could take more than one if I wanted to, and posed for me, which I don't think he has ever done in his life.
His shirt is a little wet because I spray his hair to comb it every morning, do the same thing to Silly too, but I don't know why I bother because it just goes right back to doing what it always does as soon as it dries.
Silly has a fantastic 2nd grade teacher. She has the cutest room and is clearly current on all the latest tricks, trends and research for teaching young children. I get to go in every Friday as a volunteer while Bubba is in school and she is so impeccably organized, but also lots of fun and she really does have a sweet group of kids. While I was in the room yesterday she announced the first student of the week - and it was Silly! She said he's her "go to guy" because she can always count on him to be doing the right thing and following directions. I am certain he will have an awesome year with her.
He's going through that awkward, suddenly-forgot-how-to-smile phase, so this is what I ended up with on the first day of school:
That last one cracks me up - that right there is why I call him Silly.
Cakes was not so lucky with her 5th grade teacher. She's got a bad reputation for being mean. A friend of mine had her for her son's 4th grade teacher and they called her Mrs. Kodiak at their house because she's as mean as a bear. Cakes doesn't have any complaints so far. After the first day of school she told us she thinks her teacher has "very reasonable expectations." Her desk was front and center when we went in for the open house before school started. She wasn't very happy about it, but I told her I was certain it wouldn't last more than 2 weeks; didn't even last 1 week. She certainly does not need to be front and center. We will see how the year goes. Her teacher sent me a note saying Cakes is a sweetie and she's glad to have her in class. I've been volunteering in the library at Cakes's school on Wednesdays and the assistant librarian asked me who my child was, I told her and she got this big smile on her face and told me how wonderful Cakes is. I told Cakes about that and said it made me pretty proud to hear teachers say such nice things about her. She is definitely a good kid.
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