Carrie just took the boys to school (I think she's more excited about the first day of school than anyone) so here are some pictures from this morning. I'm also including one of Corey from last year's first day of school so you can see how much he's changed ... wow!
We went over to the school on Monday and got to meet Corey's teacher (Mrs. Jauregui -- still working on the pronunciation) and see his class. He knows some of the girls from his kindergarten class, plus there's a few kids from his T-ball team.Actually, we don't have much more to report. Corey said "first grade is way better than kindergarten." It sounds like his day went very smoothly. They only had one snack (in the morning), but still had two recesses ... AND today was a P.E. day! Corey already has a "first-grade best friend" but he still saw all his old friends from kindergarten on the playground. Today the kids all brought in a bag with five things about them (Corey brought a picture of him and Brody, a hockey puck, a Coyotes program, a Sponge Bob Squarepants book and a Fruit-by-the-Foot wrapper).
Addition from Carrie: Corey recapped his day and it basically sounded like a tour of the school, recess, snack, lunch, recess, PE and home. Upon further digging, we discovered that he did indeed do some "work" - he wrote the letter T. When asked if he also did some math, he looked at us as if we were crazy and said, "You don't do reading and math in the same DAY!" Later, when we read books, I discovered that his teacher read a Clifford sledding book to the class today as well. (It didn't seem likely the teacher would read a sledding book in August, but Corey was convinced.) Corey said she had trouble reading Emily Elizabeth's name, or kept forgetting her full name or something.
Also, Corey must have opened his backpack to reveal his bag with five items in it. However, he came home with a backpack full of school supplies (that we had sent with him that morning.) I said I couldn't believe he didn't give the teacher any of his school supplies (he had complained about the weight this morning) and he said he DID give her all but one eraser, which he kept for himself. Further, he came home stamped because he didn't have lunch money. He, of course, DID have lunch money but it was also in the backpack that he clearly abandoned after getting the bag of five and his one eraser!
We also continued the tradition of going to Dairy Queen after school! As we were walking back to the car, Corey asked if he could have a pretzel, so I'm guessing the ice cream wasn't "enough" (but he didn't get the pretzel.)P.S. As you can see, Brody discovered the joys of GOGURT this morning! :-)
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Wow - another milestone for Corey. I must say, however, that he seems to have an awful lot of "product" in his hair. He's only 6!
Poor Melinda ... so out of touch. All the kids either have long, shaggy skater-boy hair or spiked hair! He's had both at some point this year (and, obviously, either one is better than his chemo no-hair)! :-)
When we talked to Corey he told us he had a "spiky haircut". Now we know what he meant. It is spiky! Can't wait to hear more about the first day of school.
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