First day of 1st grade

This morning was a pretty big deal as this little guy started 1st grade!  Forget the fact that we were 30 minutes late for school... we made it!  Last night as I was tucking Owen into bed, he asked "why can't you come to school with me?  Why can't we just always be together?"  My heart.  It's so hard to let go.  We met Owen's aide in the front office and we all walked him back to his first grade classroom.  Kam and I waited in the hall as he led the way into his 1st grade class... never looking back.   Walking out of the school without my littlest buddy was not easy. 

Here is a little throwback to last year... this was Owen's first day of Kindergarten at the LPCH Hospital School!  He has come SO far and that makes these firsts so very special. 

Owen is only going to 1st grade for a few hours a day to start and we'll work him up to a full day schedule. Since Kam doesn't start school until Wednesday and we had two hours to burn, we went for mani/pedis.  It's always fun to have one on one time with my favorite girl.  She helped the time pass quickly!

We picked up Owen just before lunch and he had a great time!  His aide said he was obedient, smart and made friends easily.  He told us every detail of his day... "I told Mrs. Z that I wasn't going to be at school on August 8th because the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie comes out that day.  She said okay."  Oy.  This boy.  We also heard all about recess and how the boys like to wrestle and trip each other.  Oh and when asked how he felt about school he responded with "it's knowledge."  He is excited to do his spelling homework and says he is excited to go back tomorrow.  So good news all around!!! 

We decided to make it an annual tradition to take all the kids out for a back to school lunch.  This year we met at Grimaldis for pizza.  Nana, Gpa and Gma joined us all as well.  Total chaos, but fun at the same time.

After pizza, we decided to spend a fortune on Gelato at Frost.  Kam took this picture of Grandpa walking all the kids across the mall in triple digit temps.  I drove in my air conditioned car.

What's not to love about gelato?  Aside from Owen torturing Olivia the entire time because he's a stinker.  The other kids were so good and just sat around and talked.

Why do I have no pictures of Nana and my mom? It was a great back to school treat for all of us.  I'm so sad summer is officially over.  We made it through the first day of school!!