There he goes...

Today was Reed's first day of Kindergarten...I can hardly believe it! He started his morning at the Winwood day care center, and they brought him to Little River Elementary School for his PM Kindergarten class. Tod and I were there to watch as he walked into school...he went with no hesitation, he was so excited. After Kindergarten, he goes to the after-school program at the elementary school (called CASA). Big day for a 5 3/4 year old boy (and his parents!). Reed's teacher is Mrs. Lewis and it looks like she's going to be a great teacher! Reed said his favorite part of the day was CASA, that it was a lot of fun. He also told me "I guess you have to spend most of your first day learning all the rules" - three different progams, three sets of teachers, three sets of rules, three sets of kids. It's a lot! I hope we will settle into our new routine quickly. We were so proud to see how easily Reed took to things on this big day.

Amy also had her first day on the "big kids' side" of the Employee's Child Care Center - she is quite proud of herself. She'll still be my traveling companion on my daily commute since the center is in my building, but we are both really going to miss having Reed with us. And really, I think if we could sneak her into Kindergarten, she'd be able to manage it -- she's a smart girl and learning so much, so fast. She is very interested in writing out words and her drawing is always improving.

These kids grow up too fast, I wish I could slow them down.