August 29

Well, Aaron is back to Minnieland full time now. If you remember older posts about him at school…he always has a great day but is reluctant to go to school in the mornings and can get fussy. We have a pretty lockstep morning routine and that really helps, but along with that is our reward system of getting an afterschool activity together as soon as we get home if he is a cheerful boy in the morning. He was a bit upset this morning, and definitely tired, but we always ask him the night before what he wants his afterschool activity to be the next day, and we keep reminding him about it throughout the morning to help keep him motivated and NOT whining.
I wanted a “first day of school” picture of him, and since he gets to choose his shirt everyday (and then I get out the rest of the outfit so he is at least coordinating) this Cars 2 shirt from Andrea gets a starring role. He is also doing this thing where if I agree to take one picture of him making a goofy face, then he will give me a great smile for the next picture with no hassle :)
Here’s the goofy one…

…and here’s the great smile :) Well…I’ll take it anyway.


He did not fuss or cry a BIT once he actually got to school, so he did in fact get his afterschool activity. He thought up playing frisbee outside and reading a chapter from his castle book.

One of the things that is emphasized in junior kindergarten is writing first AND last names in correct title case. Ashley got these great little dry erase practice writing strips for Aaron, so we tried this for the first time tonight. he has been learning how to write lowercase with me during our “learning time” but we haven’t finished the whole alphabet, and what’s more, I haven’t even STARTED trying to teach him Karayannis yet. But here is his first effort, copying Ashley’s neat version on the top card. Love that little guy :)