Today was our son's first day of Kindergarten! He seemed ready and pretty excited. We seemed nervous, anxious and a bit sad (the husband cried, but I held strong).
All the schools in Australia require the kids to wear uniforms, so I wanted to show a bit of his personality through his backpack. I'd bought a patch of the Hawaiian state flag on North Shore before we left and added a little Aussie flag and his initials, but the fun part was pulling out a couple of my husbands military uniforms, from back in the day, and using some of his old patches. Adding cool patches to his bag throughout the year will be a fun project for him.
my husband made the little Dr. Seuss inspired check list for him this morning...
I had his name embroidered on the back of his hat. All the kids are required to wear their school hats when they're outside (which is a great habit to learn). If you don't have your hat you can't play outside at recess.
We even read
Oh, the Places You'll Go, by Dr. Seuss, before he left for school this morning. An idea from one of our friends...she reads it to her son on the first day of school every year and I thought that was a great tradition.
Happy 1st Day of School to my big boy!!
