And Just Like That...

We have a second grader! After meeting his teacher last Friday, Landon was very excited to start 2nd grade on Monday. He was most excited about his new Nikes, his new backpack, being on the back hallway of the school, and having a desk instead of a table...in that order.

He had an awesome day and loves his teacher, Mrs. Hall. Unfortunately, none of his really good buddies from 1st grade are in his class (he was bummed about that on Tuesday after the newness of 2nd grade started to wear off), but I am sure he's going to make new friends very quickly! He loves having a desk and told me all about his pencil tray on top and how he can store things underneath his desk. Big time! He also told me how his teacher asked him to escort a new little boy who only speaks Arabic to the restroom. That tells me that he has proven himself as a responsible 2nd grader to Mrs. Hall. Ain't nothing wrong with a teacher's pet! :) And people, he had homework on day 1. Ugh. I was dreading starting back with the homework and was hoping to have at least a week grace period...especially since Christopher is in Germany for 2.5 weeks and I am solo-parenting. Nope...homework on day 1! He had to read for 10 minutes and document on his reading log. Then he had to review his spelling words that he will TEST on at the end of the week. This is the first time for spelling words and tests. They give them about 15 words (these were all short a words like bat, can, etc.), plus some harder ones, and a few more even challenging ones. Without him even looking over his list, we gave it a shot. And my son spelled all of them correctly with the exception of two of the challenging ones (he missed the t in patch and spelled fabric with a k instead of a c). I participated in spelling bees throughout elementary school and was always 1st runner up to Felicia Thomas (sigh) every single year so I'm a little stoked that he seems to have inherited his mama's spelling capabilities. He also had a worksheet to complete on Tuesday night (in addition to his reading and spelling words) familiarizing himself with terminology such as citizenship, laws, and consequences. So yeah...just like that. My "baby" boy is in 2nd grade. Oh, my heart.