Eli's First Day at K1

I know that I mentioned in the summer that we were going to send Eli to Kindergarten at Schoolcraft. Well, we changed our minds and decided instead to send Eli to what's called K1, it is Bemidji Public Schools Pre-k program. K1 is a program for children who are old enough to go to school, but whose parents don't think that they are ready for whatever reason. We decided that since Eli has a late August birthday, that it would be good for him to wait another year before kindergarten. K1 is housed at J.W. Smith Elementary School, but students are in a class according to their "homeschool" (ours is Northern). Eli will go to school all day every-other day.
I must admit that I was a bit more anxious than Eli was. He did complain about not feeling well this morning and said that he "has butterflies". He refused to wear any of his new school clothes, but that is minor considering that he went to school like a champ. He proudly entered the classroom, found his cubby and put his things away. He posed for pictures and said good-bye all with a smile on his face. When I picked him up after school, he was still smiling and he said that he really liked school and that he had a good day. He likes gym and Mr. W., the gym teacher. He said he danced in art class, but was kind of shy. He didn't eat his broccoli at lunch, but drank all of his chocolate milk. And apparently there are two naughty boys in his class who don't know how to follow the rules. He can't remember if he slept at nap time and they had graham crackers for snack.


Did I mention that his BFF, Zoe, is in his class? Here they are posing with their teacher, Mrs. Vaughn.