Such a Busy First Week

Will's first week of Kindergarten is finally over! It was so busy for us. We had three soccer meetings for the boys, Henry's school orientation and meet-the-teacher meetings, three playdates with cousin Mary, and a flat tire to deal with -- all on top of our regular activities and getting used to our new school routine! Will did great at school and loves it, but he is goofy-tired at the end of the school day. It is a very long day for a five-year-old!

I was afraid that Henry would really miss his brother, since they have been inseparable all summer long, but I kept Henry pretty busy and I don't think he had too much time to miss his brother.

We had our first gymnastics class without Will. Henry was one three kids to participate in class. The other four were new to our gym and wanted to sit and watch.
After gymnastics, Henry was ready to go get Will from school. It was 10:30 am. School gets out at 3pm. We had several hours to kill, so we went clothes shopping for the boys and had a special lunch out. Mary was visiting Nana and Pop for the week, so she came over three times. She and Henry are only 9 months apart and they play so well together!
They did several puzzles, played in Henry's tent (Baby was there too),
and played with Henry's new take-apart car.
Henry also tried to teach Mary how to spell his name, but she insisted on putting an S in it. She's only 2 1/2.

I volunteered to make a couple of meals for the Teacher Appreciation Committee at Henry's new school. Parents make meals on all the teacher in-service days so teachers don't have to worry about that. Love that idea! Henry helped me make our fudge-topped brownies.
We took the brownies to school today and met Henry's teachers and new classroom. I left my camera and phone at home, so I have no pictures! The school is great. It was just renovated over the summer and is beautiful and new and Henry's teachers are amazing. I already have his weekly schedule for next week, so I know exactly what they are doing. They even have five field trips already planned out for their three-year-old class. We completely lucked out with two wonderful teachers and a fantastic new school for Henry!

And if there's been any downtime in our day, we just play pirates. Sometimes we even pick Will up wearing our pirate costume. Why not?
We're all looking forward to a relaxed weekend, but who are we kidding? It will be as busy as ever. There's one thing I know for sure, though: we will all still be in our jammies at 7am tomorrow morning!