Ian’s First Day of Kindergarten
Before I get into the subject behind the title, I want to take this opportunity to point out that while at the cottage, Nina threw away her last zooey/pacifier. Thus, the Chapman household is zooey-free as of September 3rd. Extremely proud of my little girl, you’re brave and awesome!
Another important note – While up at the cottage, without internet, I ended up checking out a page I had stored on my laptop via a special feature in a browser I have. It was there that I recognized my friend Steve from about 15 years ago. We had ripped tickets together at a movie theater. I recognized him on a “kickstarter” page for a video game. I’ll mention this a couple more times, as a wave turned into conversation, and conversation into a nice job opportunity! (Never burn bridges, kids!)
You’ve seen Ian’s last day at daycare, and his Kindergarten Orientation. September 4th was his first real day at Valley View.
And so it begins, Ian’s next chapter. He looks like such a big boy. See this image larger.
K is for kindergarten! See this image larger.
This is one of the two boys from next door. His name is Brendan. He gets dropped off at our house because his parents can’t stick around until the bus gets there. About once a month they watch our kids in return so Melissa and I can have a night out. It works out great! See this image larger.
Still pretty excited looking! See this image larger.
Here we are at the bus stop. That’s Brendan’s dad Aaron in the red. The little girl in blue is Gracie. Her parents are in the pic as well. Brendan is looking for worms… trust me. See this image larger.
All aboard the bus to school. See this image larger.
Yes, I drove to school and then took more pictures. Melissa and Nina came with me. 🙂 See this image larger.
The real adventure almost begins! See this image larger.
A quick pose in the lobby. The principal is out of frame to the left. He was handing candy to kids, winning Melissa’s disapproval immediately. See this image larger.
Back outside to get in line. See this image larger.
Nina’s forehead, to the right. Ian begins to wonder about what’s up with this whole school thing. See this image larger.
Yup, he can sense something’s up. See this image larger.
Now he suspects a trap. See this image larger.
Love this look… what, me worry? See this image larger.
Mrs. Lanham gathers our little ones in line to file into class. See this image larger.
Nina wanted me to be sure and take a couple pictures of her as well. We sort of acted like she was upgrading something as well. See this image larger.
Stepping off the bus, to come home! (I stand there every day, waiting for him to arrive.) See this image larger.
That’s one small step for Ian, one giant leap for Ian-kind… and then a bit of a shuffle, skip and jump. See this image larger.
Home from his first day of school… can you hardly believe it? See this image larger.
A celebratory ice cream after school is worn in this lovely ensemble by Nina Chapman. See this image larger.
I don’t know if I shared this before… I thought maybe it was time to start worrying about Ian’s Lego play, but he assured me that the head-on-a-stick was a puppet. See this image larger.
