In case you hadn't heard, a little thing called SCHOOL has started!
Emotions this morning were, uhhh, mixed.
First up, Elliott:
I feel funny talking about it, so there's a good chance you don't know his big news: He's a grade skipper. Yes. By peer comparison, he was young before and now..., he's younger. But dangit if this kid wasn't clamoring to start fourth grade the day after second grade ended! His world domination plans include working very hard in fourth grade and then seeing if he can skip fifth.
(Please pray for me.)
Next up, Patrick:
I call this morning's portrait, "Ready but Reticent."
I could SWEAR I bought clothes that were appropriately sized, but here he is, the poor little peanut, swimming in back-to-school gear.
Really, I know he's going to be great in first grade! He reads slowly, but like a patient little champ, and his fine motor and math skills are really coming along. He also scored big when his close buddy, his fiance-to-be and his beloved Kindergarten teacher jumped to first grade with him. (Line forms here to love Paddy, people!)
So, here they are, our big boys with their very different personalities, on School Day No. 1!
James, as you might guess, is thrilled to have mom all to himself and, just on the other side of the glass/prison bars of Hell, he was more than happy to grant a little extra photo time this a.m. "Mamaaaa! You said it was just the two of us all day, and you've been out there 14 seconds already!!"
(These two photos are actually from the other day, but I didn't want to end on that tortured soul above.)
Mr. Jamie James is far from school-age, but his girth might fool the average preschool teacher. He's a hefty 28 pounds, crawls like his diaper's on fire and only takes a step when he thinks you're still holding his hands. (He promptly drops to the floor once he gets wise to the trick.) He'll be 15 months at the end of August, when we'll head on over to that doc's office to see if we can't break her scale.
P.S. Pete--who's not pictured, even though HE just had HIS first day of school!--can probably relate to every one of the emotions listed here.
Here's to a GREAT 2013-14, everybody!
2 comments:
How wonderful to match my recent phone chat with Elliott to what he actually looks like now (FAR too mature, but no one ever listens to me--i.e., growing too quickly...)Glad you called it about Patrick's outfit because he's certainly got some room for an extra-big lunch or two! But I LOVE seeing the two little guys together, embarking on the first day of the great adventure called Life. And Baby James looks comfortingly the same, albeit with a cute little row of incisors, (even if he is out of the feather-weight baby wrestling category). Hope all goes well with the Big Guy, too. Sounds like the "Leave It to Beaver" principal job is a tad off of reality! Love and hugs, Nonna
Okay, one quick edit: the great Life adventure began 6 and 8 years ago, so we'll call it "the Great Continuing Saga called Life/School Segment/First Day." (Not quite as zippy, though!)
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