Thursday, August 21, 2008

Preparing for Kindergarten

Zack & I attended parent orientation on Tuesday night. While William was in Pre-K last year, this feels like the first REAL year of school to me. We met with his teacher, she went over schedules and expectations, and we signed all sorts of forms & permission slips. I'm really excited about how things sound and I feel like this is going to be a great year for our [not-so-] little guy!

We were happy to find out that there's a boy in his class that was just recently (@ 3 months ago) adopted from Russia! William is excited to have a new friend with a similar background, as are we. We plan to get together with the family this weekend for dinner so the boys can meet and start getting to know each other.

Last night William and I went clothes shopping. It's still hot so he'll start the year in shorts. But growing 3+ inches means he's outgrown almost every pair of jeans he has. So we made a trip to Old Navy and got lots of pants for very little money (I had some coupons that were expiring soon). We had lots of fun trying on pants, and he was ecstatic (seriously, I'm not exaggerating) when I took him to the food court for a cookie afterwards. (Speaking of shopping, check out a great deal at the bottom of this post)

Next Wednesday, Zack will take William to meet his teacher, Ms. Mary, & to see his classroom. Then school starts September 2nd, and we'll have a kindergartener - wow!
SHOPPING DEAL - CHECK THIS OUT!!
Also, for you bargain hunters, Old Navy is having a denim sale this Saturday only...
Adult Jeans = $12
Children Jeans = $7
Limit 3 per person
I found some details online...

$12 jeans include:
Womans jeans regular-$29.50
The Diva
The Girlfriend
The Sweetheart

Mens jeans regular-$29.50
Straight (regular)
Bootcut
PainterLoose

$7 jeans include:
Girls jeans regular-$19.50
The girlfriend
The darling

Boys jeans regular-$19.50
Bootcut
LooseRegular
Painter

4 comments:

Kathy and Matt said...

It's neat that William will be able to meet the other little boy who was adopted from Russia before school starts.

He's grown 3 inches! WOW! I should probably have Leeza try on some of the pants she was wearing, as they may not fit anymore.

Exciting times as Kindergarten starts!

Anonymous said...

That is so wonderful about the little boy at school! William is growing like crazy. Isn’t it so neat to see how you are changing his life? I know he is changing yours too! Thanks for the tips. I am going to check it out right now!

Courtney said...

That's the bad part about this growing and not gaining weight thing--Dima's going to need 5T pants by mid-winter for the length, but he's still wearing 3T shorts for the waist! I am so thankful to whoever came up with those adjustable waistbands! :)

K said...

Thanks for the tip on the Old Navy jeans, we were all able to stock up! How was the first day of kindergarten? I hope great! I hope William and his new Russian friend hit it off.