School Boy

Braeden has his real first day of school this past Monday. So, he has successfully made it through his first week of school. He loves it. He's gotten into his routine pretty good. We have him take a shower every morning right when he wakes up. It seems to wake him up as he is NOT a morning person. I think he really likes feeling a little bit like a grown-up taking a shower all by himself. He is always concerned with how he looks. He wants to make sure he's always got his white undershirt on (just like dad). I like the layered look anyways, so it's all good. We had a few conflicts over his hair at first. He wanted it flat (just like dad) and I wanted it spikey. He has now realized that his mother is going to do his hair spikey. He is trying to be such a big boy--he even wanted deoderant today.

He has quite a bit of homework for a kindergartener in my opinion. He usually comes home with a worksheet that has been taking about 20-25 minutes to complete. Then he has a workbook that he can do at his own pace--we usually try to do about 4 pages a day. Then, their school wide program encourages 20 minutes of reading every day. This keeps me busy as he needs assistance with all of it. It's really good though.

I got to go be the parent volunteer in his class for about 45 minutes today. I worked it out to switch off every other week with another mom. We also switch off our kids on the off week. So, it works out perfect. I loved being in his classroom. I helped the kids pass off their homework workbooks and pack up their back packs. Braeden thought it was so cool that I was there. I am very impressed with his teacher and his school. We are so lucky. This school is almost like some charter schools in the sense that there is a high expectation that parents get involved and help out. I think that's so important. So, I hope to do as much as I can. We also decided to enroll him in the Spanish class that is taught right before school starts. It starts a week from Monday. It might be a little crazy trying to get out of the house even earlier, but when we move into our new house it will work out perfect because Jeff can just drop Braeden off at school on his way to work saving me a trip in the morning. Braeden really wanted to do it when he heard they were doing crafts, games, and a pinata! We think that he could learn pretty quickly right now. His pre-school teacher last year called him Webster one time because of his ability to remember and use big words (and provide the whole class with the definition). So, we'll see how that goes.