Tommy's first day of school!

Finally, it was the first day of school!  For Charlotte's class, since they are younger, half start on Thursday and the other half start on Friday to help make the first day a little easier.  Charlotte was scheduled to start on Friday.  So, on Thursday, we all walked Tommy to school.  His school has a very strict uniform.  We have to buy all his shirts and shorts from the uniform shop and they specify all white socks and all black shoes with no markings.  He also has to have the school bookbag.  He has a different white uniform he wears on gym days along with the all white (no markings) shoes he has to have.  On swimming days, he will have to change into his school swimsuit (swim trunks and a rasher) as well as use his school robe.  Here he is in the morning all ready to go. 

He was nervous, but excited to go to school and I think it made him feel a little more grown up that he was starting the first day and Charlotte had to wait a day.  We walked Tommy up to his class and while his teacher was greeting him, Chloe, the little girl who lives next door, came over and told her teacher she knew Tommy and offered to show him where to put his things.  At pickup, his teacher told me they each have a lunch buddy who they eat with every day at a specific table along with 2 students from the other 3 classes eating at that time.  Chloe picked Tommy to be his lunch buddy right away.  I think it was really good for Tommy to have a familiar face.

Charlotte and I had a fun girls' day.  We went shopping to buy her some new white shoes.  Then we went out for dim sum for lunch.  Charlotte likes eating all the Chinese food here where Tommy prefers to eat familiar things from back home.  I went to a restaurant where they didn't speak English.  I just pointed to the dishes that other people had that I wanted to order.  I thought one of the things was just a bowl of rice with a little chicken or pork.  The man that was eating it was about half finished.  When it arrived, it had 2 fried chicken feet on top.  I gave one to Charlotte and she happily ate it.  I ate a couple bites of mine to try it and was finished.  Charlotte asked if she could have the rest of mine.  :)  We did a little more shopping and went home and I painted Charlotte's nails.  We played a little and then it was time to go get Tommy. 

He was smiling and seemed to have a good day when we picked him up.  He said he had a good day.  He was excited they had stations today and he got to play with Legos for a little bit.  :)

Tommy's class getting their bookbags at the end of the day.

We had popsicles after school and had a special dinner to celebrate.  Overall, it was a good day.