Back to School

Tonight was Back to School Night at Nicholas and Addison's school.  I can, without any type of bias or malice, now say that back to school night as a parent is easily just as bad or worse than back to school night as a teacher.  

Except for the fact that you get awesome stuff from your kids and you can write them notes and cards that you know they'll going to love in the morning.

We went to Addie's class first and got to learn about a typical day in Kindergarten.  We made her a card, checked out her cubby and what she's been working on in class and then saw her table and we were done.

Second grade was a bit more involved.  First, we had to pick up the homework that a certain second grader left in school.  For a kid that is so darn smart, he's so clueless and forgetful sometimes!  Then we checked out Nicholas' classroom and saw his artwork, his summer in review, and what he was excited about for second grade. (Health class...he was excited about health class!)  Finally, we checked out Nicholas' desk, read his awesome descriptions of me and Pat (FYI, I weigh 54 pounds and love salads, Pat weighs 204 pounds and eats tons of pizza. I'm pretty sure we know who my favorite kid is!) We left Nicholas a nice note, checked out some more of his artwork and we were on our way.  

Checking out the kids' rooms and their work was great.  Meeting their teachers was also great.  The 45 minute presentation BEFORE all of that was torture.  Nevermind the fact that we sat in the way back of the CafeGymaTorium and I was "distracted" by my phone....

All in all it looks like the kids are starting off great and are loving school.  We are very lucky in that respect!  I'm looking forward to the next few weeks and the work stepping up for them and us getting to meet one on one with their teachers.  We've had a great start to the school and we're counting on it to continue!

I only took one picture but it's of Nicholas' artwork.