Flag Ceremony at Cub Scout Meeting

Thursday, December 17, 2009, Kurtis participated in his first flag ceremony at his cub scout meeting. We only had 4 Tigers in attendance so each on got to handle one of the flags either at the beginning of the meeting or the end.

Kurts got to be responsible for the American Flag during the opening ceremony. Hope you enjoy. We did.

Well - He is off...

Today is Kurtis' first day at Kindergarten! This is what I call the first official day, when all the kids were going to be there at the same time. Hilliard has a staggered start for the Kindergarten class so they can do an assessment (again) to see what the kids had learned over the summer.

Kurtis is officially a Hilliard Britton Bobcat!

As you can see he is a little excited about going to school.

Daddy wanted to talk to Kurtis to tell him how proud he was of him and to let him know that daddy and mommy love him.



A little about how Britton Elementary is working the Kindergarten class this year...Kurtis did not have a teacher assigned prior to school starting. Instead, they wanted the kids to come in on a staggered start to do the assessment and learn a little about their personalities. Based on this assessment, the teachers would try their best to match the child to the teaching styles of the teacher. When Kurtis comes home tonight, we will know who his teacher is.





Before leaving today, the teachers said that they were expecting 46 kids. They also said that the majority of the kids this year where girls (unlike last year where is was the opposite). Kurtis already has a couple of friends in the school that are all older from the neighborhood. One, Nick, is in 1st grade and Kurtis got to see him at recess on Tuesday.





This picture is from Tuesday when Kurtis went to his first day (assessment).

I was ok dropping him off until I was leaving. Then it kind of hit me that my little guy was getting to be so big. I can't believe that my "baby" is in school. As most of you know, I am not the most emotional person. Things like this usually don't get to me but I did start to well up. Guess it is harder to let go then I thought it would be.


As a special treat for Kurtis, I will be taking him to Chuck E Cheese's for lunch after school is over. More on that trip tonight or tomorrow.