Thursday, August 18, 2005

Back to School, Phase 2

Today was Jackson's first day of kindergarten, so there wasn't so much "back" in the "to school".  Though Julie & i were discussing how it doesn't seem like a momentous "first day of school" occasion, since Jackson has been going to pre-school for a few years.

But this was his first day of full-day school.  His first day with a lunchbox.  His first day navigating halls with big kids tromping through.  And probably a score of other firsts that we didn't get to witness within the classroom.

He had a day of artistic regression, drawing a scene of our trip to the Gatlinburg aquarium's shark tank -- without the sharks ("i couldn't remember how to draw a shark"), and depicting himself and Emily as stick figures, when he already knows how to draw bodily.  I'm sure that will work itself out in a matter of days.

So, a big day for a big boy.  Jackson crashed on the couch a half-hour after dinner.

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