Meet and Greet

Every year our school does a "teacher meet and greet" right before school starts. Do other schools do this, or is it a Colorado thing? I dread it. It's a messed up, chaotic hour in which most of the school kids and their parents come to the school, find out who's in what class with which teacher, and drop off the school supplies. It would be so much more helpful if it was longer, or over two days. A few years ago it was only half an hour for all the kids in the school, so I suppose a whole hour is an improvement! Even the kids were worn out after half an hour. On the bright side, most of our school supplies are out of the house and in the kid's desks. Our pencil sharpener broke  this morning, so no pencils will be going to school today! Costco usually carries electric sharpeners right around the start of school, so we'll head there tomorrow.

Caitlin was pretty excited to see her new classroom and her desk. She's made friends with another first grade girl on our street, and she's in the same class. Caitlin was beyond happy to hear that! She's got a couple of friends with her this year, but most of her closer friends are in other classes. Of course, Caitlin's our social extrovert, so she'll have friends where ever she goes!

Brandon's been a the school for 4 years now, so he already knows the drill. His best friend isn't in his class this year (he has been for the last 2 years), but there were several names on his class list that made him happy.

Brandon kept posing for me every time I looked through the camera, but I managed to get a picture of him very methodically putting his stuff in his desk. He was very focused. In the end, his desk was all very neat and tidy. I teased him, asking why his room wasn't so clean, and he assured me that his desk would be messy soon!