buy a vowel

Luke's second day of school was actually the first day for his classmates. Half the class went the first day, half the class the second day. Luke went both days because he is extra cool. An extra cool kid that needs every opportunity to adapt to his new class.

So since it was technically Day One, Take Two, I took my camera along.

Before school Luke told me he was too sick to go, because he'd eaten too much. This was before breakfast so not the best excuse.

He rallied and was calm about going.

And asked that I take a picture of his back.

Enjoyed a little block building and I don't think he knocked over anything anyone else built, which is kind of an obsession with him.

So after 3 half days, kindergarten seems to be going pretty well. He's really quiet about school. I get no details about his day. But really the only information I ever got about preschool was when a friend got sick, upset, or in trouble.

But today when I emailed Mrs. Wheeler to ask a few questions about drop off tomorrow morning (tomorrow is the real deal. Full day. Drop off with all the big kids.) she shared this little story with me.

Mrs. Wheeler showed the kids a visual and asked why some of the letters were in black and some in red. She said they all were quiet and Luke said, "I know. A, E, I, O, and U are vowels . . . like buy a vowel." She said he was the only one that knew. So the game show addiction has one perk. Mrs. Wheeler told Luke she loves Wheel of Fortune too.

After I got her email I called Lamar and told him to ask Luke if they talked about vowels at school today. Lamar had his cell phone on speaker and Luke heard me. He said, voice full of excitement, "Hey Mom! Mrs. Wheeler knows about vowels and consonants!!!!" He told me later this evening that in Mrs. Wheeler's class consonants are black, but on Wheel of Fortune they're blue (our computer game).

Then later this evening Luke told me there is a new clean up song in kindergarten, The Car Wash Song. He sang a little, but the only part I got was "car wash song." I asked him if Mrs. Wheeler likes to sing and he said, "She loves to dance." I said, "Oh really." He said, "Yeah, she dances like this," and showed me some fabulous moves.

On the way home from church this evening he gave some pretend kindergartners a pretend tour of the school. My favorite part was when he said, "And now we're going to meet our friends in the office. The LADIES."

So there you have it. All the highlights of the first two days of kindergarten.