Having gone to Catholic school growing up, Adam was so excited to help out Alec getting dressed. Alec's uniform is blue pants or shorts with a belt, white or light blue polo shirt with St. Joseph logo, and solid color shoes. He picked out a Clone Wars back pack to complete his ensemble!
Alec at the front door of our house ready to go to his first day of school!
Mrs. Knapp was so gracious letting us sappy parents stand around, take pictures, and cry a little bit on the first day. Alec's seat is front and center in the classroom!
Alec and Daddy looking so sweet!
After the photo session in the classroom the parents left and went to the courtyard. On the first day of school they invite the parents to stay for morning prayers. All the students came out and they did announcements, bible reading, listened to Fr. Tim speak, Pledge of Allegiance, and then finally prayers. It was so nice to be a part of the morning and watch Alec amongst his classmates! After that they filed back into the classroom and we were free to go. I have to say, it was quite hard to walk away. Alec is such a fun kid to have around and he not only constantly makes me smile, but he is my little helper at home. It was so strange to come home and not have him there. I was not the only one feeling it though. For the entire morning (the entire week, actually) Aaron has been following me around the house needing tons of attention. He actually said to Adam yesterday, "Daddy, I five. I go to school too!!" Not quite sweetie! He misses Alec SO much and is almost lost without him. Yesterday when I brought Alec home from school Aaron's face absolutely LIT UP and he yelled, "ALEC!!!" and ran to him with open arms. Melt my heart!! Two minutes later they were fighting...so quickly back to reality!!
Alec seems to be doing VERY well at school. With all the energy we put into figuring out if he was ready to go or not, Adam and I are now completely convinced that we made the right decision! I so wanted to text Katie (Mrs. Knapp) on Thursday night, after Alec's first full day of school, and ask how he did, but did not want to abuse the privilege of knowing the teacher personally. To my pleasure and surprise I received an unprompted text from Katie that night saying, "Is Alec tired? I am! He did great today! You guys totally made the right decision!" Wow did that make me feel good! We feel so blessed to have Katie as Alec's kindergarten teacher and can't wait to see all the things she teaches Alec this year!
One other funny story...we found out on orientation day that there is another Alec in the kindergarten class so now our Alec is known as Alec H. but there is also an Alec C. On the first day of school I noticed another blond kid, same height as Alec, same body type, etc. walking into kindergarten. He was even wearing the same Clone Wars backpack as Alec. All of the sudden the child's mom called out to him, "Alec! Wait for me!" Yep, that is right, the Alec's are clones of each other!! Then, to take it one step further, in talking to Alec C.'s mom, they live in Anaheim Hills and attend San Antonio! I talked with her about her reasoning in putting her children (she has 4, Alec being the 3rd) at St. Joseph vs. St. Francis and they were exactly in line with the reasons that we had. VERY small world!
Alec did so well his first week of school and has already made a few friends. He lists his friends so far as, "Taylor, Alec C., and some other silly boys that I don't know their names yet" For the record, Taylor is a girl. Yes, the trend continues!! After such an amazing start, I am looking forward to a wonderful year!
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