Celebrating Milestones

Grayson was extremely excited to go back to school today and has been counting the days since we found out Monday night that he got the teacher he wanted. Last year he went to her class for science lessons and she quickly became one of his favorite people.

I did have to manage his expectations and explain she'll be teaching him more than science now that he's in her class full time. The teacher also talked to him on back-to-school night about being one of her class leaders since he's one of several students in her class repeating kindergarten. He seemed thrilled with the idea of setting a good example.

His first day also started off better when it came to eating lunch. They eat at 10:45 and last year we struggled with him focusing on eating instead of socializing in the limited 15 minute lunch break. Today he ate everything we sent without any issues. This sounds like a simple thing, but it's a major breakthrough in the life of this slow eater.

Before walking down to school this morning, we also took our customary first day of school pics. I asked him to draw his name and then I wrote what he wants to be when he grows up. Last year he rattled off a long list of careers, but the first response this year was, "I want to work in a place where you can't get killed." Yikes, wasn't expecting that.

He's recently been asking a lot of questions about what happens when you die and also learned that jobs like being a fireman and policeman can be risky careers. I talked to him at length about the training and safety skills that first responders receive, but apparently those are now off his short list of professions (sorry Uncle Levi).

After my initial shock wore off, he also said he wanted to discover dinosaur bones. That was a little easier to take. His favorite color also continues to be green. Judging from our official door measuring, he's grown about two inches over the summer and 3-4 since the first day of school last year. Goodness!

After I took the pictures above, he insisted I also take this shot so we could see his backpack. So funny!

He's also learned how to turn the camera around on my phone to take a selfie. We're in trouble!

Today was also a big day for daddy! He celebrated two years owning his own design business Quite Right Studio. We're so proud of him and can't believe how fast time flies!