Ezra’s First Day of First Grade

Ezra started First Grade today. He hadn’t seemed very excited up until this morning. In fact, whenever I would ask him how he felt about school starting, he’d say, “I don’t know.” But this morning, he was jumping with excitement as evidenced by this picture I took on the front porch before we left.

First grade!

Here he is in line with his classmates and his teacher, Ms. Thea, before walking down to his classroom.

Waiting in line on the black top

He made a name tag.

Making a name tag

And found his place on the carpet.

Finding a spot

Ms. Thea did some preliminary stuff about their schedule, the welcome message, the kids who are new to Aveson, etc. Then she asked each child to say their name and tell everyone what their favorite animal is. I caught Ezra’s part on video.

Finn was not in a very cooperative mood this morning, but I did catch him in a rare moment of sitting quietly.

Finn settles down for a second

Then the first graders rearranged themselves on the carpet and Ms. Thea read The Kissing Hand.

Reading The Kissing Hand

They were just starting to trace their hands when Finn and I left for the day.

When we picked Ezra up from school, of course I asked him how his first day was. He replied, “It was great! I didn’t expect it would be so good!” And I breathed a sigh of relief.