i'm a school boy now!

for as long as he has known that his big brothers leave for school each weekday morning and he doesn't, ben has wanted to go to school.

we told him he'd get to go when he was 4. big mistake. ben turned 4 in february and school started in august. that was 6 months of him not understanding why he couldn't go to school when he was 4. poor guy.

so when august finally rolled around and we told ben he was really going to start school, he wasn't all that excited. he was probably thinking, "you said that when i turned 4."

but the big day did come and ben was ready.


he styled his own hair



all the boys wore their tie-dye shirts in honor of ben's first day--they were excited for him

in the car and ready to go


once at school, ben had to wait a little while before preschool actually started. luckily dad, taylor, and zachary were there to keep him company.



they posed for more pictures

they walked around the track


and acted a little silly, of course

finally it was time to say goodbye to mom and the brothers and walk over to the preschool classroom. ben was getting really excited now.






not even a rock in his shoe could take away from his special day


taking a sneak peek through the window


yep, still excited


let's do this thing!


signing in


laying on the carpet (ben has a lot to learn!)


there we go!

ben had a great, but tiring  first day.



he has been in school now for 4 weeks. he loves being a school boy so much. he's had to sit in the "thinking chair" a few times, but he always tells us about it and seems to understand why. he loves his teachers and we are grateful for that. it's hard to believe i have three kids in school now.

did you go to preschool?

do you remember it?

the only things i remember about preschool are a girl who bit her lip and swinging on some swings. weird!