First Grade Prep And Some Stitches

HIGH: We got to go to Claire's awesome new classroom and meet her teacher :)
LOW: Poor Oliver had to get stitches today :(

We have been pretty busy over here getting ready for the new school year.  I love that we all get ready for school together!  Here is Claire getting all her cool new school supplies ready for the Meet and Greet at her school.  When we bought her school supplies at Walmart it was slim pickins but never fear, I had a bunch of ideas on how to pretty up Claire's supplies.  We bought tons of scrapbooking stickers and Claire went to town decorating her boring supplies.

Here is Claire's new pencil box that she spent about a half hour decorating.

The Meet and Greet went so well.  Claire was so excited to have a desk this year! Her teacher is adorable and her classroom is amazing (I am already stealing some of her ideas)!  She was very excited to see that her buddies Jacob and Justin are in her class.

My first grader and her new locker.

Then there is this little guy. I got a call from Doodlebugs around 8:30 asking me to come in and check out Oliver's head.  My first thought was, "Oh sweet Lord!  He has lice!!!!!!"  I immediately asked if it was lice and the woman assured me that it wasn't. After the relief that it wasn't lice I wasn't too upset about a little cut!! Apparently a block fell on Oliver's head while he was laying on the floor playing with the cars and he had quite the cut.  I already had a doctor's appointment for myself so Mark had to go and take him to Immediate Care where Oliver got two stitches.  He was a trooper and apparently had everyone laughing at the doctor's office.  I think he loved the attention of it all!!!

Here he is all stitched up, good as new.  He loved telling everyone the story!  Nana called to talk to him and he immediately told her, "Hi Nana! I got a stitch but I am alright!  I got hit by a block!"

He only needed two stitches so I am hoping that he doesn't end up with a big scar but it seems pretty small so I think we will be fine.

On another note, Claire and Oliver got a new fish tank for Pinky and Spot.  They were quickly out growing their little bowl and it was time to move them on to a bigger place.  Claire and I collected all the rocks at the beach and the tank looks great!  I loved collecting the rocks with her.  We had such a nice time walking and talking while we picked out all the most perfect stones that we could find.

Tomorrow we all start our new school year.  I am so excited to get to know my new little chickens.  And I can't wait to hear all about Claire's first day of FIRST GRADE!!!