Their First Week of Kindergarten

The twins started KINDERGARTEN on Tuesday, August 19th. Insane.

They were VERY excited about it all. But they probably were most excited about walking up the street to the bus stop and then actually riding the bus. They each got a new outfit for their first day, which were hand selected by them. Vivian chose an "Elsa & Ana" (from the movie, Frozen) dress. Elsa and Ana are pictured on the top and the bottom is a glittery, purple tutu. She wore grey and white striped shorts underneath and purple tennis shoes that light up.

Gavin decided to wear a "Dusty" (from the movie Planes) t-shirt and his blue shorts and blue tennis shoes.

Of course, Paxton had to get in on the action, too (complete with his own book bag).

We walked up to the bus stop (which is up a rather steep hill) and waited. And waited. And waited. The bus was about 20 minutes late to picking them up. And when it arrived, they got right on. They didn't even look back at us! They were so ridiculously excited about riding the bus.

Paxton was sad when the bus drove away and he wasn't on it, but he calmed down quickly.

Highlights (and lowlights) of the week:

• The bus is late. At every pick up and every drop off. The latest was at the end of the first day. Wes, Paxton, and I waited for FIFTY MINUTES for the bus to arrive. It was crazy. We were freaking out a bit.
• When asking the twins what the best part of their day was (on the first day), Gavin said, "Riding the bus! It was so fast and bumpy!" Vivian told us a story about lunch, "At lunchtime, I forgot my water bottle in the classroom. So I didn't have anything to drink. But it was okay because my teacher gave me some chocolate milk. And Mom, you're not going to believe it. The chocolate milk was IN A BOX!" So funny.
• Not surprisingly, Vivian has loved music and art classes this week and Gavin thought gym was really fun.
• Vivian has already made a friend, named Elise, and Gavin has a friend named Lucas.
• Paxton got to spend a lot of time this week with mom, dad, and both of us together (I don't start classes until next week).
• We let the buy school lunch on Thursday and that was the talk of the day with both of them. Gavin even said to me, "Mom, can you send lunch money with us everyday? We don't really want your lunch."
• When asked, "How was it being separated?" (they are not in the same classroom) Gavin replied, "It was okay." And Vivian said, "It was really sad." But she said that she hasn't cried at school about it.

As for me and Wes? We have mixed feelings about the whole situation. We're glad that they're growing up, but we're sad that they go all day (their bus doesn't drop them off until 4:12!) and we're just not used to being away from them that long. It's a learning experience. For everyone.