It's hard to believe that the summer is over and school has started once again. Last week Conor and Garrett went back to school. They had a great first week!
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| 2nd Grade & Fourth Grade |
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| A new pose! |
The boys typically ride the bus to school, but I took them on the first day. We went with Garrett into his class, and Caris was pulling on Garrett's arm asking him to come home. She isn't going to know what to do without her two big brothers at home! (True confession - I took these pictures after school, the morning was too hectic)
So, Caris, Toby and I met up with a friend (Janae) at the park:
Toby's arm is fine, by the way, it's his new thing - he likes to wrap his arm in ace bandages.
Today was Toby's turn to start school. He's attending preschool for another year. It was a tough decision, and sometimes it's hard to see all the other kids his age going to kindergarten this year. We felt like it was the best choice for him, especially because of the rough start he had to life. Sometimes, I compare it to being a preemie - he didn't start to actually move around and explore the house until age 20 months, babble and say words until age 2 years old, so developmentally he's behind, even though he'll be six in December. I also know that in the next year we are facing another large surgery and possibly two - if his scoliosis is as severe as I think it is, he's going to need a major back surgery also. So, it's off to preschool again. I did shed a few tears, realizing how much he has grown, changed and learned since we put him on that bus two years ago for his first year of preschool!
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| He looks like such a baby on the left, doesn't he? |
It's been a good week of school starting again...and even time for some silliness:
You will be glad you held him back another year. My son has a May birthday & he's much smaller than most kids so we waited until he was 6 to start school. I can not even imagine him now being a year ahead, best decision ever!!! He loves being the oldest kid in class (even though he is still the smallest). He needed the extra year to mature too ;)
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