First Grade!

Spencer started first grade on Tuesday.  He was so excited and ready.  He was super excited to wear his new Blade (from Planes Fire and Rescue) shirt and his new tennis shoes.  He was also really looking forward to eating lunch at school and playing on the big kid playground.  His PM kindergarten bus didn't come until 11:15, so leaving the house at 7:40 is an adjustment for us.  Spencer gets a little grouchy when he's rushed in the morning and it makes it kind of hard to fit in my morning run.  We're working on it though and can hopefully get a little more comfortable with it before a new baby changes everything!

So tall and grown-up!

Spencer leaves before Alan most days.  It will be really nice to have someone to help get Spencer to the bus when the baby is here.

I took him to school the first day and got to go to the classroom for just a few minutes.  Spencer's teacher this year is Mrs. Ayres (pronounced "aires").  She seems great so far.  Spencer has four other kids from the ward in his class and several others that he knew last year.  He wasn't one bit nervous and got straight to work that first day.  He wasn't sad to seem me go at all.  I was a little sad, but no tears this year.  I've had plenty of baby preparations to keep me busy so I haven't just been sitting home missing him.

The only hiccup the first week happened the very first day.  Mrs. Ayres bribed the kids to keep their name tags on all day with a treat.  Someone had given her a present with candy that day so she decided to use it as the treat without tasting it.  When Spencer asked if it had peanut butter in it, she told him no and that it was a skittle.  It took Spencer about half a second to sense the peanut butter after it was in his mouth.  They must have been Reece's Pieces.  He didn't swallow any and rinsed his mouth out really good so he didn't have a reaction, but with peanut allergies, you never know when a bad reaction is going to happen.  Scary.  Mrs. Ayres called me before Spencer even got off the bus and apologized.  She felt really bad and I hope will be more careful in the future.  That incident didn't affect Spencer's love of school however, so I guess we're still ok.