Ashtons in Kindergarten!

Ashton started Kindergarten August 17, 2009. His teacher is Mrs. Welch. I must admit that as I pulled out of the school parking lot I began to cry. It seems official that my son can now be influenced by things outside my control and that was a sad moment for me. For four hours of nearly every day, someone else has him under their care. Someone else in influencing them, looking after him and teaching him. And all I know of what is going on is what he tells me. "What did you do today?" "Nothing." While I will welcome the break during the day from my crazy boy (who is currently locked in the bathroom for time-out as I blog about how I love him), it does make me sad that my boy is growing up and beginning the long road to responsibility. His carefree days are coming to an end in a small way. Very small in that his one homework assignment for the week is to decorate a gingerbread man. But still, he is growing up.

Here he is with one of his best buddies, Brandon, getting ready to go to class. They aren't in the same class together. Ashton was a little upset that none of his friends were in his class, but I was relieved. He said that he did make one friend, "Scissors" at school. After talking about it for a while, we realized he meant "Cesar." He still calls him scissors though.

After his first day of school I asked him if he liked it. He said "it is hard. We work really hard in class."