Pomerleau Family Blog: Brandon starts kindergarten and Olivia starts Jr. Kindergarten!

Olivia started Junior Kindergarten the Tuesday after Labor day this year. She was so excited to finally be in Jr. K as she calls it with her best friends Lauren and Kennedy who got to go over two months earlier than her. Her Jr. K teacher is Miss. Jill and she has a teacher assistant named Miss. April that she really seems to like. She was also reunited with her good friend Gino. I am very pleased with Olivia's core group of friends in her class and their parents are all so nice!

First Day of Junior Kindergarten and wearing pencil leggings!

Big girl on her first day of Jr. K!

So ready and excited to join her friends at Jr. K!

Brandon found out who his kindergarten teacher was the week before Labor day. We found out he got Mrs. Borrelli who we heard really good things about. Brandon also started soccer practice the week before Labor Day as well and has practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays. His coach is super nice and his son Cruz and a little girl named Kai happens to be in Brandon's class at school. This is great because Brandon already had friends going into Kindergarten. He had a lot of fun at the ice cream social and we signed up for a time slot for the kindergarten connect where he gets to meet with his teacher one-on-one and get a tour of the classroom and school the week before school starts for him. The kindergarteners all started 4 days later than the rest of the school. I took Brandon to meet with his teacher who seems very nice and to tour the school and his classroom. They also took a small test of Brandon to see where he was at prior to school starting. I was amazed at how big and new the school was! We dropped off our school supplies then too.

Brandon said goodbye to his preschool Horizon on the Wednesday after Labor Day. They were awesome with him and we were so happy we made the choice to switch him last year. We really liked his teacher Miss Tiffany so much who was firm but sweet and who had a special spot for Brandon. He learned so much and is so prepared for kindergarten now.

It was a sunny fairly warm 80 degree first day of school. We all got up and ready for school and Sean took Brandon in his car and Olivia and I followed in our car. We got lots of pictures. I got a really cute sign for the kids on Etsy that I can fill out each year. Brandon's sign said: I am 5.5 years old, My teacher is Mrs. Borrelli, I am 49" tall, when I grow up I want to be a motorcycle rider. He picked out his first day of school outfit and Sean spiked his hair and he looked adorable. We got to school and Brandon did a craft project and then his teacher read the book "The Kissing Hand" which was about a little racooon who had to go to school and leave his parents and was sad about it. The book was really sweet. Afterwards, Brandon outlined his hand and colored it in and put his kissing heart on his hand. Then it was time for goodbyes. Brandon did great and did not cry or look distressed at all. He was super ready for kindergarten! I checked on him at after school care in the middle of the day and he was doing great then too. It was a great transition.

First day of Kindergarten

I'm all ready to go to school now mom!

Doing a craft at school

All ready to learn!

Tracing his hand with Daddy's help!

Coloring in his hand

His cute project and poem

All smiles when it was time to say goodbye

After we dropped Brandon off at school, I took Olivia to Jr. K for her first full week of school and got some pictures of her too outside the school. Olivia's sign said: She is 38" tall, her teacher is Miss Jill, when she grows up she wants to be a nurse. A successful and fun first day of school has been completed and the first of many!