Big man on campus...

Monday was a BIG day for the Hall Family! I can hardly believe it finally came but Warren has officially entered the world of Kindergarten! He has told me for months he was excited but nervous too. Mostly, worried about the lunchroom and "so many kids together and where I am supposed to eat."

He has adjusted really well and had a great first week. I'm not gonna lie. I know I have worried too much about this day and overall it was wasn't so bad. I kept having these "have I taught him enough" mommy moments in the past months. I know, I know...its not like we are sending him off to college or something but it was hard to enter this phase of life. I mean, I'm officially a member of the PTA for goodness sakes!

My anticipation grew as the summer came to a close & was looking forward to back to school night when we would get to find out who his teacher was and meet her. BTSN came and I did feel a little better afterward. His teacher seems awesome, his LDS friend George got the same teacher as him, the classroom was good and most of the other kids that will be in his class (and their parents) seemed pretty normal. ;) Warren apparently made a great first impression on one little girl. (At BTSN) We had just walked into the door of the classroom and paused as Warren started looking at a shelf of books just inside. As I scanned the room, I immediately noticed a little girl staring at him with a huge smile & hypnotic stare from across the room.  Unbeknownst to Warren, it was like a love at first sight scene from a movie. She slowly approaches him and says "Hi, my names Mara, what's your name?" Warren blushes, "Warren." Then she says (smiling even sweeter) "Wanna come over and see the crab?" Warren now looking DOWN & blushing, "ok". Then, she reaches down, takes his hand and walks him over to the crab and begins to tell him all about it. :) Weston and I just looked at each other and laughed. See!! Just one of the many on my list of things I SO didn't want to have to start to worry about! AND.... guess who he has eaten lunch with nearly every day this week? lol 

 Anyways, the tears came and went a few times for me the first day. I miss having home with me like crazy but we are getting used to the new schedule. Ben is in heaven with free reign to the house & toys. :) 

Here he is bouncing down the sidewalk with his spiffy new school clothes, shark lunch bag & backpack. What a handsome lad I'd say. :) 

Just outside his classroom. Still happy. :) 

Now this series is where it all unfolds. We walked him over to his desk smiles still intact, found his assigned seat (mom starting to well up but staying strong), sat him down, gave him a quick kiss and goodbye, then I paused at the door at took these pics...

1. Smile has digressed to the tuff guy "I can do this" shagrin...        

                                         

                                                    

                                      2. Smile fades. Starting to look a little worried....

3. Smile fully disappears and the tears start to come... (mom chokes up, blows kisses, turns the corner and the tears...oh...they came...) 

I went home and cleaned my woes away. My friend stopped in with some flowers and stayed and chatted with me for a while. It meant a lot to me and sure brightened my day. Thanks Melanie. :D 

Time to go home! My heart jumped when I saw him sitting there. He made it through the day and didn't get kidnapped!! lol  Here he is lined up for pickup outside the school. He was so cute sitting there waiting next to his new friend George and see that little girl sitting in front of him, staring at him with the pink shirt? That's Mara. Notice his blank-less stare in the opposite direction? lol :) 

He jabbered the entire way home. Loved every minute. They walked around the school, found the bathroom, did a fire drill, ate lunch with Mara and played with George at recess. I laughed when he got home the first thing he did was drop on the floor and rip his shoes off, then proceeded to tell me more. 

Giddy-up! Here we go!