Hunter and Peyton posed for a quick picture on Tuesday morning before heading to school.



Peyton excited about his first day of Kindergarten.

He settled in quickly by finding his chair and getting ready to color a picture.

I got them on the bus and then headed up to school to greet him - here he is after his first bus ride.

Turns out that Peyton received a warning on the first day of school on the bus. In trying to figure out the story, I guess he and Rick (a friend from preschool) were talking. They are allowed to talk on the bus, but quietly and from the sounds of it, they were talking too loudly. Nothing too serious, but he will need to learn to keep his voice down when talking.

I took a vacation day on Tuesday and was home to see the boys get off the bus. Peyton came running off the bus and after the bus started to take off, I asked him where his backpack was. He about lost it - he had left it on the bus and he was crying like crazy - so Zach, Hunter and I loaded up in the car and followed the bus until it stopped where we could go get his backpack off it. I bet he doesn't forget it again!

I e-mailed both teachers to see how they were doing and both came back with good reports.

Here is the report I received back from Hunter's teacher:

"Hunter has been A-OK since day two. What a good choice not to cry!!! How awesome!

He is really excited about learning and absolutely he best at giving me good listening attention. He is a great role model for other students. It looks like he is having fun at recess too.

My favorite "Hunter moment" of the day was when we were brainstorming words that start with "D" and he came up with dawn. I was amazed...I was thinking 'daybreak' and what first grader knows that word?!? Then he explained that it was his mom's name...of which he was very proud. It provided me with a great
teaching moment to talk about proper nouns and capitalization...so...be proud!
He rocks!"

Way to go Hunter! We are so proud of you!

Until next time!

Dawn