Back To School

The first week of August is over, which means here in middle Tennessee that it's back to school week for all the kids. Somehow, I was not as ready as I was last year for this to happen but there was no stopping it either -so I embraced it. And both Amelia and Elliot were eager for their first day at school. 

Last week, we had registration night at Amelia's school, where we saw her new classroom and met her new teacher, Mrs. Romer. She seems very nice and loves to be a teacher, which is always a great plus.

Her classroom theme is Splat, the cat, which is perfect for my little cat lover. 

On Friday night, Elliot had his open house at preschool and he was excited to see his new classroom and meet his new classmates. His teacher is Mrs. Williams, sweet and loving, just what Elliot needs. 

While there is lots of focus on playing and practicing those fine motor skills, this preschool also uses a curriculum to teach them about letters, numbers and colors. 

Elliot's class (K-3) consists of 9 children, all born between September and December, with Elliot being the youngest (but biggest!). Amelia is also the youngest student in her class, only 5 days shy of the cut-off date. She started first grade as a 5 year old but will turn 6 within the first week of school. My little boy looks so grown up here:

And finally, yesterday was the first day of school! Even the Back-To-School fairy (aka Oma) brought a little treat to make the first day of school a bit sweeter:

 Now, I have a first grader and a preschooler:

 Off they go:

We first dropped off Amelia at her school and made sure that she got to her classroom a okay. Ready to start learning on her new desk:

Then, I dropped Elliot off at preschool. He was crying and I had to run out so that he would calm down. Within minutes I received this pictures from his teacher, a smiling and happy little boy:

I felt teary-eyed all morning though and missed them a bunch, even though I knew that they are well taken care of. And both kids did great on their first day at school. Elliot and his class:

Amelia is riding the school bus home once again, which is so much faster than me picking her up with the car. And she likes being such a big girl:

Because the first day was exhausting and we all were kind of tired (Daddy is traveling this week for business), we took it easy yesterday afternoon and just celebrated back to school with a milkshake. Tonight we continued the celebration by making homemade pizza. 

While the first week of school is fun and exciting, it is oh so tiring too. Which means cranky kids in the afternoon and early bed times as we are still trying to figure out the morning routine and making sure both children get enough sleep. Also, in a couple of days, I have a 6 year old in the house!