First day of School - JMK version

Today was Joseph's first day of school. We have been so impressed with how patient he has been seeing Charles begin Kindergarten this year. He never complained or threw a tantrum, and was always so excited to hear what happened that day. He would often give me a report on Charles' day when I got home from work before Charles would.


So after having been on two waiting lists for nearly a year, we finally got a spot for him at one of the good programs in our part of town. He was so excited when we told him about it. Liz bought him a backpack a few days ago and he wouldn't take it off all day long. Last night when I put him to bed he said, "how long will it be before I wake up?" I said, "the same as every other night--you'll wake up in the morning." He replied, "oh, that's going to take too long."


This morning he was annoyed that he couldn't go right after breakfast when I took Charles to school. When we finally got to his classroom he said hello to the teachers and sat right down and started on the crafts that were laid out. On my way out of the classroom I said, "goodbye Joey; be a good boy; remember to be a good example; remember that you're a Kewish; do what's right; I love you; see you later." There was a pause, with the teachers looking back and forth between him and me, and then he finally said, "later" without even looking up.


Here are some pictures:

On his way out of the house
Waiting patiently to get in the carProud of his new backpack
Actually, VERY proud of his new backpack (Mom and Dad aren't as crazy about it, but the lunchbox is in the shape of a wheel)
Jumping right in

Then, while we were waiting to complete the registration, Tori found this little chair and had a seat. She thought she was so cool sitting in a chair roughly her size, that she started to strike a few poses.