Van had his first day of First Grade today!! Being the awesome Mom that I am, I forgot to take pictures before we left the house... luckily fate stepped in and my camera just happened to be in my purse. Van was not excited at all over the prospect of another year of school. Jared and I have tried several different approaches to change his mind about school. We have tried to "it's better than sitting at home" approach. We have tried to psych him up about all the fun things that he will be able to participate in this year, including Swimming, Karate and baseball to name a few. We have even tried scarring him by telling him that if he doesn't go to school he can't be a Marine, but will have to be a garbage man instead. Nothing has worked. So he went to school today with the most unenthusiastic attitude the school has ever seen. His teacher however was unfazed. She has been teaching school for over 25 years and seems to be the perfect mix between stern and caring. She is very even tempered and lets the kids make their own choices and deal with the consequences. I am a BIG fan of that method. So hopefully we are going to have a good school year. Van has one of the biggest classes in the school with a whopping 9 students. To handle this large load, he has a teacher and an Aid. Hahaha
Van has become attached to his Mohawk. As weird as this may sound, I think that it is something that he needs right now. Ok, let me explain. Everywhere we go - Ava gets a TON of attention. I have mentioned in previous blogs that she gets gifts - flowers, candy, fruit - EVERYWHERE we go. I always feel a little bad because Van is standing right there and a lot of the time, no one says anything to him. The day he got his mohawk we walked into the Embassy and the MSG Marine says to him, "Wow dude!!! I like you hair!!" I swear Van grew 2 inches. He felt so awesome! Then at the store people stopped and came over and felt his head and gave him the thumbs up sign. So although the original plan was to cut his mohawk off before school, we changed gears and let it stay!
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| Van's cute little desk!! |
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I love that he will still hug me in public and tell me he loves me before I leave!!
I am painfully aware that my days are numbered. |
1 comments:
Van's self esteem is more important than the hair style. It is so hard when people outside the family pay more attention to one child that another. Tell Van how proud we are of him and hope that he can do real well in school. We want to see and hear from him what he is doing.
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