Eagle Friends

Jairus has now officially entered the new world of school. (Yes, that means he will have 16 years plus college ahead of him. But let’s not dwell on the overwhelming.) On Tuesdays and Thursdays he enjoys Pre-K 3 at Lake Country Christian School. When we went to visit his classroom for open house we met some of his classmates. From then on, he has referred to them as his eagle friends. Anything dealing with Lake Country is "eagles". That is all he has known as he has cheered for football and basketball teams. So, now he has eagle friends.

I know he is learning a lot and having fun while doing it! On the way home from the very first day of school he started singing a new song about monkeys and alligators. After his first full day, he started numbering our kitchen tiles and wanted me to stand on #2. I am sure he was emulating the circle rug in their classroom that has numbers each student is assigned to sit on.

When the Tates visited us, we had a full car coming home from the Rangers game. There were at least 2 conversations going on when Jairus said “Guys, we need to take turns talking.” Sounds like a school phrase huh.

We are figuring out this whole school thing from a parent’s perspective. We have folders to check, uniforms to have clean, lots of emails/paperwork to read, and mascots to care for. Yep, we have already had Duck the horse (the class mascot, named by 3 year olds) as a guest at our home. We took him with us to a Rangers game and dutifully wrote about it in the class journal. :)

And of course, Jairus still loves cheering for the Eagles!