Back to School

Harrison started back to school last week and is in first grade! It's hard to believe that I have a first grader now. His teacher's name is Mrs. Rothrock and she's been teaching for a few years in Florida, but it new to Austin. She's very sweet and organized and seems like a good fit for Harrison. Grammy and Pappy were here to walk with us on the first day of school, and Harrison got settled in quickly. The funny thing is that the only kid in his class from last year is this little girl, Sarah. They sat next to each other all year and this year they're sitting next to each other again! This doesn't sound like too much of a big deal except for the fact that there are TEN first grade classes! He was happy about it, and said she was his funniest girl friend.




Daddy had to get to work early, so we said goodbye before we left.





Shoving his backpack into his locker.



I love Harrison's face in this one. He gets so embarrassed!


On the second morning of school, I went upstairs to get Alex out of bed before taking Harrison to school and Ian went into my room to brush his teeth, which he does a thousand times a day. "Teeth!" he'll yell. When I came back downstairs, I found him still at the sink and not only had he brushed his teeth, he had also done his hair 'ala Harrison. The hair gel was out and he was rubbing it and water into his hair. He used A LOT of gel, too.





The guilty evidence. And, yes, he had a bag of chips at 7 am.




He's a week into school now and still doing well. Today marked his first day riding his bike home by himself! He met up with a few neighbors at the bike rack and they made their way home. It's really not that far and he's certainly done it enough, but I was a little nervous. What I realized was that I could see him from Kevin's office window! I saw him ride his bike from the back of the school, through the playground and down the little path. He did great! Don't even think I need to spy on him tomorrow. He also read us a really long book tonight and was getting words like "tumbling" right. He's so big now!



Check back later this week for updates on Alex and Ian's first days of school which are tomorrow!