It's officially Hensley's last first day of elementary school!
WOW!
That came quick!
Over this summer Hensley has grown by leaps and bounds! One summer morning while cleaning the play room I realized we had not measured him on his growth chart in a while! So we did! It was shocking!!
He grew a solid 2 inches in 6 months!!! No wonder he has been eating us out of house and home!!!
I am so thankful we started this chart on his first birthday! It's been really fun to look back over his little growth spurts.
Hensley has been ready for 5th grade for a while now. For the past two years we have had the same 5 teachers with the same routine and it wasn't necessarily the best for many reasons. We were all ready to move on a make a change.
The fifth grade team was new to our school last year and they really knocked it out of the park! The kids last year LOVED them and there test scores were amazing. We were super excited they were going to be teaching Hensley.
This year the fifth grade would only be switching between three teachers, which was already an amazing change. Hensley was excited to go to open house to see if his friends were in his class!
His face lit up when he found out his homeroom teacher would be Mrs. Nall, and almost every single friend was in his class!!! He couldn't have been happier with his placement.
School supplies bought!
New lunch box!
New backpack!
He was set!!!
Starting back in mind July is never easy but it seemed he was ready. We had played summer out this year. Lots of time at the water park, trips, lazy days and friends coming over. He seemed ready for routine and new adventures.
Hensley is really into learning about animation. He has started learning on his laptop with a new program and he really enjoys it. Its his new future career goal (which is much better then YouTube star!) We went to see the new Lion King movie recently and he was really impressed with the animation. He made comments about it several times during the movie. Future Disney animator :)
He did so well with drop off. I was a little worried with all that he has been through with his anxiety the past few years. He hopped right out of the car no problem!
I prayed for a successful day. A day full of fun and learning. A smooth transition. A feeling of security and encouragement (something that was lacking quite a bit the past year or two).
Seeing this face jump in the car at 3 pm made all my worries wash away. He had a GREAT day!
Informed me they would not be having any homework this year (also a huge much appreciated change) and that they played lots of games!
The first week went well. Hensley had a little anxiety on Friday (a lot actually) but with the help of his teachers and a few others at school he is starting to work through it. He still comes home each day with a smile on his face and a good report of the day. We are so excited for this school year and all the fun and learning it will bring.
