All in a Day

Tough guy with his new shield.

Got dressed Friday morning to show
our true colors here in Baton Rouge!
Went shopping and got lots of fun looks.

Wonderful parking lot
pool after the t-storm.

Rain storm set all the hurricane debris
to the drains and flooded our parking lot.
 

School Time

I had breakfast with Jacob at his school the other day. He has been wanting to try the breakfast there and it is free so I decided to go with him so he wasn't nervous. He really enjoyed it and decided to eat the next day as well. They make nutritious breakfasts and lunches. He enjoyed his first school lunch after we went to breakfast. He said, "I ate a meatball boy (po' boy) sandwich but I didn't eat the sandwich, I just ate the meatballs and the bread."


Walking on the path in
front of the school

Little guy!





They wash their hands
with soap and water in
the long sink.

He really did enjoy his breakfast.
He really wanted to eat it mostly
to have the bag of chocolate milk.
Just a bag that they punch a straw into.
He loved it.When the cafeteria lady
asked, "What kind of mil...?"
"Chocolate!!!"
The lady laughed a ton!
"He show do know wat e want!"



Learning

I picked Jacob up today and he was eagerly waiting to tell me all about his day. He gets into the car  and as he is taking off his backpack states, “Mom, school wasn’t very long!” We had talked earlier about how school was going to be longer than playschool and that he would be gone most of the day. I guess it wasn't long enough.

As we were driving home I asked him all about his first day and what he did. His answers included: played outside, ate lunch, went on a tour of the school, drew a picture, etc. Then I asked, "What did you learn today?" He answered,  "I don’t know. I don't remember."

Later, as Jacob was playing and I was fixing dinner, he excitedly stated out of the blue, "Mom school rocked!!!!" I asked him why school rocked and he stated,  "Because I learned a lot of things!" Of course my question was, "What did you learn?" He responded with his arms out and with frustration, "I still don’t know! Stop asking me all the time!" LOL!! So glad he really loves school so far!

1st Day

Well, it is here! Jacob's first day of kindergarten.  I just dropped him off. He was only a little nervous and seemed confident. The last few days I have been imagining the worst; that he would  cry, refuse to go, be as nervous as he was for swim lessons, not put on his uniform, have a battle the morning of... None of it happened. He would barely let us have a family prayer before dad left because he said he was fine. Thank goodness he was so excited and eager to go!

We drove to his friend David's house to walk to school with him and his mother and to avoid the nasty carpool line. Jacob was confident as we walked into school and he was the first one in his classroom. As his teacher, Mrs. Renaudo, showed him where to put his backpack she told him to say goodbye to his mom. I think I would have gotten a quick hug if I hadn't held on longer and given him a kiss and a high five. He was ready! I left the classroom, quick like a band aid. Now all I can do is wonder how he is doing and revel in my quiet, peaceful day.

I came across this poem and this
is what actually made me cry.
How do they know how I am
feeling and what is in my mind today? 

He wanted me to take a picture of his
book sack that he picked out!
It was almost as big as him!

Best Buddy

It had been a while since Jacob had seen his friend Dylan. We decided it was time to invite him over again. His mom was about 9 months pregnant so I took them in the sweltering heat to the spray park. They were done after about 45 minutes. I was done after three minutes. They played the rest of the day at our place and had a blast. Dylan wore his tie dye shirt from play school hoping that Jacob would have his on as well. He did!! They have so much fun playing together and I don't have to intervene very much. Jacob is sad Dylan won't be in Kindergarten too. He is excatly one month younger than him.

No School for All

We have been preparing Jacob for his first day of Kindergarten the entire summer. He has contrasting feelings of excitement and nervousness every time it is brought up that he will be starting school soon. Of course we have had a very fun, exciting, memorable summer that I know he doesn't want to end but he is really ready for it to. Despite all of the summer excitement, he has been bored and just needs more of a challenge in his life.

While putting him to bed tonight, we were once again discussing the beginning Kindergarten schedule. As I explained about just meeting his teacher tomorrow he (for the hundredth time) stated, "Just for a little while. Not all day. Just like 4 Caillous." (Each Caillou episode is 15 minutes so that is sometimes how we gage time.) After a while of looking at the calendar and talking about it he said with hopefulness, "I wish no one ever had to go to school. Only play school. Not school." Poor guy! We discussed for the next few minutes about why people go to school and what would happen if we didn't have schools to teach us things. Oh, I hope we survive next week!