Zander's First Day of School!

Zander had his first day of school on Monday and absolutely loves 1st grade!! I will have to say there is something different about having a first grader compared to a kindergartner.  It seems like both of us are a little more confident in our daily routine.  Things have started out smoothly and I'm very excited about the school year!  Zander is equally very excited!  He has decided he wants to be a teacher when he grows up and has said that he hopes Mrs. Pulliam, his first grade teacher, will move to 2nd grade because he already loves her so much! :)  He has been handing out hugs to all the staff members and his classmates from last year that he sees at recess or at other transitions throughout the day.  Fortunately, he has four or five students from his class last year in Mrs. Pulliam's room with him, which also makes him pretty excited to see familiar faces!  

Of course, we had to get an annual picture of the boys and me.  This starts year #15 overall for me and the 7th year I'm starting as a mommy..... check out the collage below to see us over the years!

 Meeting Mrs. Pulliam before Open House and writing his name on his school supplies.....

Zander's first lunchbox note.... he was so pleased he could read the whole thing without any help! ;)  

 I don't want to forgot to include our Madman in this post..... he loves wearing daddy's shoes and cuddling with mommy at all hours!  He has been getting up through the night to cuddle (for various reasons like hearing thunder, having a tummy ache etc)  He did throw up in his bed on Saturday night, definitely giving him a good reason for extra cuddles!  Also, he found a way to cuddle during his nap time on Saturday and ended up outside Zander's room for nap time on Sunday.  Zander got stung by a yellow jacket on Sunday before nap time so I don't know if Maddox decided to nap there because he was concerned for his brother or because he doesn't want to be alone right now, but it was the cutest thing to walk upstairs and see!