It's the first day of school!

We gave up on finding Keithen's glasses after 3 days and got him a new pair at Lenscrafters yesterday in 2 hours. (They sell glasses for kids under 12 years old at half price!) Thankfully, they had some round "Harry Potter-ish" ones so he was happy.

We went straight from the eyeglass place to "Back to School Night" at Keithen's new school. He has 3 other students from his old school in his new gifted class. That should make the transition easier for him. He said he recognized a few other kids from the summer class he took as well. We got to hear a little about how the classroom will operate and then had snowcones.

This morning is the first day of school for both Keithen and Kaylee. We took Ruby to Grandma and Granpa Dollar's and dropped her off there with cousins Tyler and Mitchell at about 8:00.

Then Kaylee and I took Keithen to his new school. He was all smiles and seemed very excited. I know he's really looking forward to this new school year! He only goes for a half day today and then starts the regular school schedule tomorrow. I'm already committed to go help in his classroom one day next week.

After that, Kaylee and I went to a one hour meeting in her Kindergarten classroom. She seemed to be floating on air when we walked to the car to drive from one school to the other. After listening to the teacher talk about rules and procedures and stuff to the parents, Kaylee asked me "when do we get to do the fun stuff?" I promised her that the "fun stuff" would start tomorrow. Her teacher seems very open to a lot of parent participation in the classroom. I'll probably try to start volunteering for her once the grandparents return from Alaska.

Kaylee and I came home for an hour after her meeting and then we'll be headed back to pick up Keithen and Ruby. Hopefully he'll have good stories to tell about his first day.