First Day Of School 2010

Today was Sam's first day of school. He's been looking forward to it for months, and was so excited when I told him it was finally time. Last night I helped him pick out a first-day-of-school outfit, and we packed up his new Thomas the Tank Engine backpack.

Thumbs up for school!

Ths morning he got up bright and early and couldn't wait to get going. While we were waiting to leave, he pulled out John's new Wags the Dog book our friend Nicole just sent over from Australia (thanks Nicole!) and started "reading" it to him.

They might be big" boys, but they still love to snuggle with their blankets.

We walked to the school ths morning and it really put me in a good mood. It reminds me so much of living in Europe and walking everywhere, plus it's a much nicer transition before school. We saw squirrels and crabapples and a firetruck. We talked about stopping and looking both ways before crossing the street, and both boys got to press a button at the street crossing to make the light change for us.

When we got to school we took a picture in front of the school's sign.

Sam couldn't wait to get inside and get his hands on the classroom diesel engine.

Sam told me this morning that he would share the diesel engine "tomorrow" and we had a long conversation about sharing the classroom train set with all his new friends. I forsee this train causing a lot of problems for Sam, but we'll see... Sometimes he surprises me.

John also loved Sam's classroom and wanted to stay. He cried almost the whole way home (until I reminded him that as long as Sam's in school, he gets to play with all the trains by himself and that cheered him up considerably).