First Day of School!!!!!

I was up at 5:00 AM this morning because I just couldn't sleep! I was way to excited to meet my new students and have them in my classroom today even if it was only a half a day. Thankfully I had gone to bed around 8:30 PM the night before and so I was very rested and ready to go. Around 6:45 AM we looked out our window and we could already see students arriving and milling around in the school area. I suddenly had a big rush of nerves and I realized that I was a little more than excited, I was nervous!!!

Around 7:15 AM I walked to my classroom to drop some stuff off and you would think that I was a fish in a fish bowl the way that everyone was staring as we walked by. Every time I turned around there were more students arriving. By the time that we got out of staff worship around 7:45 AM, the grassy area infront of classrooms K-3 was packed with parents and students. I found my class nicely lined up (the girls atleast) and counted. I had 14 and there were 16 on my list, neither of which I had planned for (15 students). After I waited a little while we headed to the classroom to drop of their stuff before heading to chapel. As soon as they put their backpacks on the cabinent they almost ran all over the room. I quickly corrected that and they all lined up to go to chapel.

All during chapel they were surprisingly quiet which made me very happy!! Even when I went upfront to introduce myself they sat quietly. This gave me hope as to where this year is headed. When we got back in the classroom they took their shoes off before entering which keeps the floor kind of clean. (I'll still have to sweep it daily!) Then when they came in they went straight to their desks as told. I was surprised, and happy again!

To make a long story short, I almost forgot recess (they got an extra 7 minutes), they enjoyed looking at the pictures of my friends and family and they also are following the procedures so far. It's always said that they'll be good for the first 2 weeks, but I am determined to have them behave for the rest of the year. Here goes a challenge!!!

Over all I absolutley love my class even those that I can see are going to present some problems. I have some definite talkers, some that are very quiet and some that just make me laugh. Each child is a precious gift to me from God and each and every one adds so much to my classroom. At this point I don't see how I can leave at the end of these 10 months!! (We're not thinking about that...) Well I have a lot to do still today to get ready for tomorrow. The guys are also having a basketball game and afterwards we're going out-to-eat to celebrate the first day of school!! Yipee!!

Thank you to all those who prayed for me today, it was a great help and I felt the Lord with me all the day!! I miss you all!! :)