First Day ...

In his own words (they started the moment he climbed into the truck, and they just kept coming) ...

"They didn't have any milk at school. They had some, but then they runned all out and it was gone. No chocolate milk. Not even white milk. Mommy, I so thirsty!"

Yes, this was the first thing he told me. As he eyed my coke in the console.

"I didn't see J or B today. They're not in my class. I saw lots of other kids though. I have new friends now. But I still like J and B, too."

"I had green beans and pickles for lunch. They were sour. They were so good. I also had carrots. They were sour too, but good."

The boy doesn't like green beans, pickles or carrots. So I have no idea what he ate for lunch. And apparently he had it with no milk, if his story is to be believed.

"Can I go back tomorrow? I don't want to go back today, I'm kind of tired, but I want to go back tomorrow, okay?"

Sure, baby. It will be early again.

"Does big kid school have to start so early? I think it should start later, like my little kid school did. Do they have beds at little kid school? Because they didn't at big kid school."

Sounds like someone is a bit tired after his first day, don't you think?

"We didn't get to play in the gym today, only when it rains. It didn't rain. Do you think it's going to rain soon?"

"We played outside today. It was hot. Like 90-hundred degrees. Shew, I was hot and sweaty."

"This boy punched me in the face. It was an accident. His back pack did it, while we were coming out to get in our cars. Some girl pushed me, too."

Oh, my. Tattletale he definitely is of late. And this sounds like one we'll hear often for a while, until he gets used to the cattle-like exit system.

"Criss, cross, applesauce. That's how we sit in circle time. For art. And stuff."

"How many years I get to go to big kid school. Will there be milk tomorrow?"

And, well, you get the idea. There are lots of little tangents and he's full of information. Sometimes you have to ask the right question. And sometimes I'm pretty sure he's making the answer up as he goes along. But I think he had a good first day and will be ready to go in the morning. Perhaps not happy to be going so early again, but happy nonetheless.

School Days

Big Yawn, originally uploaded by cheryl.

Someone was a little tired this morning on his first day of kindergarten. More later once I pick him up. I'm sure he'll have lots to tell us!

Last Days of Summer

Going Under, originally uploaded by cheryl.

Last Days of Summer

Run & Jump, originally uploaded by cheryl.

Last Days of Summer

Open Up, originally uploaded by cheryl.

One last day of sun and fun.

That's all Connor has left anyway, before school starts. The twins are only a week behind him, with their school starting next Wednesday.

Grammy was nice enough to invite us out to the club pool again today, for one more last day of sun and water. We were there five hours, and the boys would have stayed longer if we had been up for it.

The good news is two of them should be ready for bed tonight. The bad news is Sawyer is already in bed, and it won't last through the night. He was up at 5 o'clock this morning, took one nap at the pool while we were on a thunder (but no rain) delay, and then fell asleep again on the way home.

The bad part of today was that the club is starting to wind down for the summer, as most of the help is high school and college students. And the snack barn was closed, which meant the only food we had from breakfast until we left was the cooler of drinks and light snacks that I packed. The boys were starved by the time we left.

And that meant yet another stop at McDonald's, the only place everyone can agree on. And to add insult to injury, the people in the drive through messed up our order. Good thing I was planning to stop and give the boys their food to eat on the way. I opened it up to find a fish fillet meal instead of a 10-piece chicken nugget meal. That wouldn't have made anyone in the truck happy, because none of us like fish! So I had to unstrap all three boys, walk in to the restaurant in my all-day swim glory (including only a swimsuit top) and get them to fix it. And they weren't even very apologetic about it. Probably not going to be stopping by that McDonald's again any time soon ...

But all in all, it was a great last day of summer vacation. The boys and I got to sleep in (all but Sawyer anyway). We had pancakes for breakfast at the house before we left, then made a full day of it at the pool. The scattered storms even held off until the afternoon, so even though we had one 30-minute delay, we didn't have to cut our day short at all.

Sun and water. Those are the best days of summer!