First Day of First Grade!

Taite was ready to go back to school. Although, I don't think she was ready to give up her days watching Disney Channel! ;)

When we went to find out her teacher last week, the first thing I noticed on her list was that there is a BOY named Tate in her class!!! All I could think of is, "are you kidding me??!" Okay....7 years ago, we picked out a "unique" name for our first-born. Me, Jennifer M., the school teacher thought it would be nice to name her something different so she wouldn't have 4 kids in her class with the same name (this did happen to me one year in elementary school!). Anyway - who would've thought that 6 1/2 years later, not only would she have another kid in her class with the same name, but that someone is a BOY! Argh! Taite got in the car as we left the school & said, "I don't want to be Taite M.!!! I'm just Taite!"

At meet & greet on Friday, we met Mrs. Krenek. She's new at Taite's school. But, we recognized her from our church & Taite remembered that her son was in her CCE class a few years ago. She seems very, very nice. When we got a chance to talk with her one-on-one, I told her about (our) little "problem" having a boy named Tate in her class. I assured her it had nothing to do with the boy himself, just the same name. Mrs. Krenek looked right at Taite and said, "it's not going to be a problem. Your names are spelled differently & I'll just call you 'Taite'. You don't have to be Taite M. If I ever need to clarify, I might say your last name, too, but I don't think we'll have to worry about that!" She was so sincere and put Taite (and ME!) at ease about it. Bottom line, we'll get over it!!!

Monday morning, Taite had a very, very hard time getting out of bed. We're quickly reminded that she is NOT a morning person. I think you can tell in the pictures! ;) It wasn't that she didnt' want to go to school - she just wasn't ready to wake up! It'll take several weeks to adjust.

The first day went great! She got to be the line leader & take the attendance on the first day. How cool is that for a 1st grader to do that on the FIRST day of school!? She was so excited. She really liked her teacher and met a few new kids. She does have one boy in her class from last year - he was also her "bus buddy" and they were good friends. So, she was excited about that. Her two "best friends" from kindergarten got in the same class together. What are the odds? There are TEN 1st grade classes. We figured they'd all get separated. Oh, well. Taite actually didn't seem to mind. It'll be okay.

I think it's going to be a good year. I'm doing a lot more PTO stuff this year. I think it'll be fun. Right now, I'm busy organizing the raffle for Taite's fall carnival. It's a HUGE, huge event which has brought in over $100K the last few years. Craziness. It's fun. I like being involved with school again. One day I'll be back teaching, but for now, I'll just enjoy being the mom of a first grader!