All Ready For School!

With Becky and Alan due to arrive next week for a 2 week visit (the last 2 weeks of our summer break) I decided to get Hayden mostly ready with supplies for our return to school so it won't be on my list with company here.  Hayden loves going to "Big Kid School" in an elementary school because all of the kids have backpacks and folders for their stuff.  He thinks they are just the coolest and he loves wearing his in every day and putting his little drawings and such in his folder.  I decided to go with our usual tradition of getting a new lunch box each year and I also figured a new backpack was in order as well.  I took Hayden shopping and he was absolutely thrilled to see the Batman backpacks hanging there.  When he realized there was a matching lunch box, he was so happy to get the set.  Of course, the fact that both of them have capes on them is a huge bonus!

I also let him choose a folder for his little papers and he thought the robots on the Star Wars one were awesome, so he chose that.  I love letting him make his own choices and he is so happy with his decision.  I have hidden them in the closet until we go back to school so he will be able to rediscover them the day before we go back.

Hayden is so excited to be going back to school soon and keeps asking me who from last year is coming back and what the new kids names are.  I am going in to help set up the classroom Monday and Hayden gets to come, so he will love seeing all of the toys he hasn't played with all Summer.  I definitely think it is great to only go to Preschool 9 months of the year and have the summer off.  This has been such a blessing and I am so glad I am able to do it.

Here's some photos of his supplies and when I buy his school clothes, Ill post those too!