Look Out First Grade!!!

Ok so now that I have figured out this blog thing, I decided to post one more time. I promise I will not bore you daily with blogs!!

Grayson started first grade last Monday, August 11. I thought it was difficult starting kindergarten, but I am thinking it doesn't get any easier as each new school year approaches. As each new school year begins, I think you realize how much more grown up your children are and it is great in some ways, but in other ways it is really sad. I started to reflect on all my memories of Grayson over the last 6 1/2 years and how special he is to us and how proud we are of him. He of course had no problems about going to first grade. He was a little concerned at first because there was only one little girl from his kindergarten class in his new first grade class and he didn't get the teacher that he wanted. However, he quickly realized that he has no problem socializing and that he would be ok! He likes his teacher and his new friends and is quickly adjusting to first grade routine, which includes bringing his daily planner home each day with his homework assignments. So we made it through week one with a visit to the treasure box. Here is a picture of what he picked from the treasure box:

If you are anything like me, I wanted to know what the heck it was. It is a pink CD case with a cute unicorn on the front. He said he thought it was cool but the real reason he chose it was because his new friend Allie wanted it too, but since Grayson got it, she was going to bring him a cool car from her house on Monday so they could trade! How about that for Grayson our negotiater trying to get a toy from someone else's house! Of course now through the weekend he has come to like his pink CD case and has filled it with an array of CD's. Of course I was looking through it with him tonight and he not only has kid cd's, but he has some Christmas ones, and then there was a Pearl Jam cd. So who knows where he is getting them all from! Nevertheless, we all survived the first week of first grade and are looking forward to many more memories from the school year.