First Day of School

It's arrived!! The first day of school!! Something I've looked forward to and dreaded at the same time. Ryan's so excited. He called all his grandparents last night to tell them all about how he's starting school and his Spiderman backpack.
Here he is getting ready to leave. He wouldn't stop talking long enough for me to get a decent picture. This is the best one...he looks terrified but believe me he was stoked!
Ryan with his new teacher. He's looking at his friend who'd just walked in the classroom.
Noah was pretty upset at being the one left behind.
So we treated him to his very own breakfast with mommy and daddy. He loved it!!
Once Noah calmed down, he realized that he could FINALLY do anything he wanted. He got to pick the movie every time and he got to pick the activity. Here he is coloring a picture to give to Ryan after school.
He ended up having so much fun that he fell asleep while waiting in the LOOOONG line to pick up Ryan.

And, I do mean long...I took a couple crappy pictures through my windows to show the madness.

The line of cars behind me. I'm so glad I got there 20 minutes early.
The line of cars in front of me.

Finally, the moment came and Ryan got into the car. Noah presented him with his picture and I asked him about his day.
Here's Ryan fresh from his new day of school checking out the bunnies Noah drew him.

I learned something new today....trying to get a 5 year old to tell you about his day is like......ummmm.....trying to get a 5 year old to tell you about pretty much every thing else. He was vague. I wanted to know every thing. Tell me about your friends (his best friend is in his class). Tell me about what you did and what you learned and what you played. "We went outside. I slapped a boy. I sat next to Kaden (his best friend) at lunch. We ran around." WHAT??? Who did you slap? Why did you slap him? Did you get in trouble? It turned out they were playing a slapping game that was immediately stopped by his awesome teacher. Oh boy!! I don't know what I was expecting. Maybe him getting in the car and giving me an exact play-by-play of his entire day....who he talked to what he learned. And I wasn't expecting to hear that he'd slapped someone on his first day. This is going to be interesting....