Jake's First Day of School!

So I know it has been forever since my last post... mostly because of Facebook, but I am going to try to do better at it! And what better occassion than Jake's First DAY OF SCHOOL!!

Last night, after church, we stopped at Rite-Aid and got ice cream as a special night before school starts treat! Jake was so excited..... this morning, he got to have his favorite breakfast ever, SMOOTHIES! Not a morning person himself, Jake was having a hard time getting going at 6:30am. He was so excited though once he was dressed and ready to go... he was a little worried about his hair, but we fixed that right away and then he was ready to go! With his back pack and lunch packed we loaded the kids in the car and Ricky and I headed out to Apple Valley Christian.

This was a really special moment for us, Ricky graduated from Apple Valley Christian and now Jake is attending. There was something amazing about the moment we got out of the car, realizing that Jake was here for school, not just to visit with Grandma and Grandpa.

When we were getting out of the car, he was talking talking talking to everyone. "Hi" "My name is Jake" "Today is my first day of school" "Hi" "Hi" to EVERYONE! We snuck over to see Grandma Jean while she was checking in the High Schoolers and then quick over to see Grandpa Rick in his class... Grandpa's class is only two doors away from Jake's.

I thought he would be a little nervous, but he walked right in, gave Mrs. Cooper a hug and then started wandering around the room checking it out! He put his backpack (macha bag) on the hook along with his lunch and then found his desk. My little man is sitting in front row which for some reason makes mommy so proud!

As we were getting ready to leave him for class, Mrs. Cooper asked a question, and you know what Jake did?? He raised his hand like he had been doing it his whole life and answered the question!

Hope you enjoy the pictures that I took.. I was busy being Mommy so there are only a few!