Getting a Jumpstart...

Dillon has started Kindergarten Jumpstart this week. It's an interesting program, two weeks before school starts they have the Kindergarten students come for half a day to do testing and learn some early skills. They are working on learning the expected behavior for the year and getting  "jumpstart" on it before the year starts.

Dillon was totally ready to start. He was in Miss Chiemi's Preschool last year so has thankfully had a little bit of classroom training. Here he is in a new outfit ready to go:

He enjoyed shopping for school supplies. Especially his backpack and lunchbox. He chose a Yoda lunchbox and a Lego Star Wars backpack:

He was selected to be in Miss Ptak's class for jumpstart. I originally wanted him to have the same teacher as Jordy did for Kinder. But this week Dillon has found a soft spot in Miss Ptak's heart and she says she wants him for the school year. I think he will be excited either way. It is always nice to find someone else who is willing to love this crazy handful of a boy I have.

So far he has:

• Been declared "crazy" on the playground by his Teacher after pretending to be a pirate on the rock climbing wall
• Pretended to shave his legs in class
• Made friends with a girl with yellow hair & a round face who is "Beary, Beary nice!"
• Told an Aide that his teacher "puts him to work all day"