Only 5 More Days

So, in 5 days Jon will be going to school. He will be in Kindergarten this year at Lake Elmo Elementary, going 5 full days a week. I am very excited for him and I know he is ready and excited as well. We've already met with his Teacher, Mrs. Ritzer. She seems to be a very nice teacher, although Jon was having a little trouble pronouncing her name. He is better at it now. We dropped off all of his school supplies already and he was so excited when we went shopping for them he thought he needed everything in the store! When we went to his school last Tuesday morning for Eat, Meet & Greet, he wanted to stay but I told him in 7 days is when you start school. He got to see his classroom and where he will be sitting. Where his cubby is and his name for lunch. Speaking of lunch, I am hoping with him eating hot lunches at the school he will not be as much of a picky eater. He is getting better at at least trying new foods. He knows that the first day of school it is pizza for hot lunch so he is excited about that. He also received his lunch code for lunch money which is 5 digits long. I thought he would have trouble with it, but he pretty much has it memorized now. Especially since I make him practice every time he wants something to eat!

To get him ready for the school year, this whole week we have been putting him to bed by 7:30pm. He doesn't fight it because he knows he will be starting school soon. We've been preparing him about going to bed early all summer. On nights he has to take a shower, he needs to come in even earlier and he has been OK with that too. He has been getting good sleep all week so far and getting up early enough for breakfast and enough time to get ready in the morning. He will be taking the bus as well, so he is very excited about that. His stop seems to be one of the last pick ups and one of the first drop offs. I was worried that he wasn't going to get home until 4:30 or so, but the time should be OK.

As for me, like I said I am very excited for him and I know he is ready (he is getting really bored at home). But it will be very weird for me. I won't have Jon with me all day long! I won't even be able to see his expression on the first day of school when he walks in. That I know I will miss (They had said to let the kids deal with 1st day on their own, which I agree). I wanted to take pictures, but I guess I will have to wait for another day. I know I will be taking lots of pictures that morning and at the bus stop so at least I will have those. I also signed up to volunteer once a month. That should be fun as I volunteered at his preschool as well.

Than the following week Nicholas will be starting preschool. He will be going to Jon's old school, Lutheran Church of Peace Preschool. He is very excited as well and knows the whole routine since he had to watch his brother do it. He will be going two days a week in the mornings. So I will actually have two mornings to myself! Well, I babysit a little girl on Tuesdays, but I will have Thursday mornings to myself.

So, I am not sure how I will react Tuesday morning. I don't know if I am going to cry or just be proud. I guess we will have to wait and see! Stay tuned for pics of Jon's first day of school!