Oscar Stew

Drew jumped out of bed and checked his calendar & sure enough, first day of school was today! I followed him around the house as he prepared for his big day.

Can’t be goin’ to skoo with dirt behind the ears.

Gotta impress the chicks with his sweet spikey hair.

Lunch of champions…

This man knows that first impressions are everything.

Brinley pretty much walked Drew to school. We trailed behind and wondered when the honeymoon phase would end.

They held hands the whole way and chatted up a storm like it was any other day.

To cool to not go to school.

I wonder what they were expecting to see? Balloons? Party Hats? Dragons?

This was our last moment with him before they lined up all the kids and took them inside. We were bummed that we couldn’t see the classroom, but I guess the teachers wanted less congestion and more confusion. See ya Drew!

The honeymoon is definitely over.

Brinley never really got over it, but we pulled out the bag of tricks to keep her mind off it until it was time to pick Drew up. Drew came home happy and with a load of stories about his first day. But that’s a big bowl of stew for another day…

and all through the house,
not even Oscar was stirring, sorry no mouse.
The backpack was hung on the doorknob with care,
school’s down the street, & Drew will be there.
We’ve made a list, we’ve checked it twice!
His first day of school will be twice as nice.

Paper Chain – check.

Emergency contact numbers – check, check, check.

Spiffy new ‘do – check.

Backpack as big as he is – check. (complete with a port for his FP3 player, which he thinks is super cool, unfortunately he won’t get to use it!)

School supplies – check.

Kindergarten assessment – check. (I wasn’t allowed to go in, so picture taken through the classroom blinds)

Picture outside school grounds complete with sticker earned during assessment – check.

Good nights sleep – currently underway.

I’d say we are ready, ready, ready! Tomorrow is the big day…

I love finding ways to make cheap, healthy snacks for Drew & Brinley. It’s even better if the snack has craft-like techniques that the kids can participate in.

Last week we used paper lollipop sticks to string grapes into tasty popsicles. I would have used wooden skewers but I figured the paper lollipop sticks couldn’t do any damage if they were used as weapons after snack time was over. I’m just sayin’…

Some of the grapes put up a fight before being executed. Drew was able to conquer them, but not without a grimace and a grunt. Both very important techniques when it comes to overpowering grapes.

Into the freezer they go…and the waiting begins.

After a few hours they are ready to be devoured.  My kids like them partially defrosted so they are still icy, but not hard as rocks.

Never has a massacre been so tasty!