Friday, August 20, 2010

First day of School

Gabe was very excited for school. I was very excited as well. He is definitely ready and very anxious to start school. I didn't cry, but, guess who did?...Eli, He was so sad and said, "I want to go with Gabey to school!"
Poor little guy. However, we had plenty of fun while Gabe was in school...someone even gave him a lollipop while we were out doing errands.
I picked up Gabe and we started talking about his day. Preface: I was worrying about one thing and one thing only...lunch time...I know, sounds crazy but Gabe eats whatever you give him, but he eats it incredibly slow. I knew I shouldn't give him much food, but I also knew he would be very hungry because he can't usually eat a full meal...just little meals through out the day. Unlike his brother who can tank food down and then be good to go for a few hours). SOoooooo, when he got home I asked him if he liked his lunch. He then proceeded to tell me about how everyone at lunch had to wait for him to finish eating. He had a big smile on his face and said, "I was the last one at lunch, no one else was sitting down. All the kids had to wait for me to go outside". I think part of him thought that was pretty cool as well as realized that it was kind of embarrassing. He also said that he didn't know what to do with his garbage because everyone had left so he told me he just put it in the lunch box. He said, "is that okay?"....I sure like that kid. He then asked me in a very sweet voice, "mom, maybe you can give me not as much food next time." I laughed inside and realize that he was hungry but he didn't want to be the last one left in the lunchroom. I guess Mondays lunch will be in much smaller portions.

Some updated pictures of Hazel and Eli. We sure had a fun day with it being only the three of us.
If you look closely, Hazel just got her first tooth. She sure is growing fast.

4 comments:

Ben, Elise, Lucy, and Jack said...

What a grown up boy, Gabe is! Just thinking about sending Lucy to school makes me want to cry, so you are very brave,Carrie! I can't believe how big the kiddos are getting and we even just saw them like two months ago!! Good luck on the lunches for next week!

Amy said...

We still miss you a ton! It's exciting to hear about Gabe starting school.

MariAnne said...

NO WAY!!! You have a SCHOOL man!!! John finished just in time for Gabey to start!! We'll have to meet sometime soon before our kiddies are so old they're driving themselves around. Ohhh the flying time!

Sweeney Household said...

Congratulations, Gabe! Hope you are enjoying school. Everyone just looks so big. You aren't supposed to grow up after you leave us?! he he. Hazel is adorable still, but not so tiny!! Glad all is going well.