He's a School Boy!

Today was Caden's 1st day of Kindergarten!  He has been looking forward to Kindergarten since we went to Open House last spring!  This morning he woke up got dressed in the clothes we had picked out the night before and came down stairs ready to go!  even though we had a few hours to spare he wanted to know if he could put on his new sneakers since he hadn't worn them outside yet and they weren't dirty!  Do you think he was excited?!

The bus was due to come around 9:00, but around 8:00 he was trying to hustle us out of the house for fear of missing it!  So we went outside to take our first day of school pictures...

Since Caden will be catching the bus from Kim's house we had to drive there to get the bus.. more pictures of course :)

Oh boy... when I said Cole put your arms around Caden and Cora this is what I got!

Good Luck Hugs!

Best Brothers!

Rob and I.. So proud of our SUPER Excited boy!

Caden and Kim!  What would we do without her?!

... and here it comes!  I think at this moment Caden was nervous for about 2 seconds, then he was back to being excited again.

                      Here....

We....

                                                                                                        Go!!!

On the first day a parent is allowed to ride with their kids! really it is more of an orientation day so they can see the routine next to a parent so it isn't too overwhelming.  Caden did great!  The whole bus ride he would ask me questions (and it was a loooonnng bus ride!).. we talked about where the engine is in the bus, we wondered how they close the bus door once the bus driver gets out.. why are there so many girls on this bus? (at one point there were 5 girls and Caden was the only boy) and the pending question... Mommy why do you take so many pictures of us?!  My answer as always.. because some day when you are big you are going to want to see all the fun things you did growing up and what you looked like when you were little!

And then we got to school!  One of Caden's good friends from preschool is in his class which he is very happy about!  We met his teacher who is very nice, explored the classroom and played with his new classmates, then the teacher read a story to the group and it was time to get back on the bus!

How did it happen?  How did this little boy grow up so big that he is going to Kindergarten?!  It all happened so fast!  But we couldn't be happier and more excited for him!  Caden is going to enjoy school.  He loves to learn!  What better place to do that than Kindergarten?