SURPRISE!!!

Monday was a big day for the kids!! We moved to Florida from a small town, where pretty much everyone knows each other. And if they don't, they will soon hear the gossip sooner or later. Well, since my kids didn't have school the entire week of Thanksgiving we left early and went to the school so that Seth could eat lunch and go to recess with the second graders. This all started when Mom went to school and told the second grade teacher that we would be coming. We thought that she wasn't going to tell the kids, but she did. No worries, the entire school knew, but somehow the one person that we for sure didn't want to know didn't. Mrs. Fritsch is like Grace's second Grandma. Just about every morning last year, we would go into the school and Grace would run up to her and give her a hug. She now works in the cafeteria, so we got to school early before lunches started and surprised her.

We waited around for the Kindergarteners to have their lunch and the kids sat with Freddy for a few minutes before we headed out to the playground for recess with second grade.

Ok, here is how this played out. One of the parents that I know from the school wrote on my Facebook page, "Seth is coming to school on Monday. Seth is coming to school on Monday? ...I think Seth is coming to school on Monday, boy this kid is bigger than Santa at this school right now...hahaha". Well that was pretty much how it worked out. We got to the playground a little earlier and the first graders where out there. Grace headed straight for the jungle gym and found her spot. She played like she had been doing it for years. She is so ready for school!!

So, a few minutes later the second graders came out. CRAZY!!! You would have thought there was a rock star in the building. Somewhere in the mob is Seth!!

Seth and Alex E.

Seth and Kylee.

After recess we went in to have a school lunch. That day was soft tacos.

Every kid was asking Seth to sit next to them. I finally had to politely tell the kids that Seth would sit in a seat and whoever sat down first would be sitting next to him. Seth was getting overwhelmed with all the kids, you could tell he didn't know what to say because he didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Grace sat with the girls and was enjoying the official school lunch. She was hesitant on the whole lunch line ritual but figured it out pretty quick.

After lunch we visited all the teachers Seth has had since Pre-K. First was Mrs. Moore. Then Mrs. Quayle for Kindergarten and last but not least Mrs. Barnouski for first grade.

In Seth's words, "It was awesome that I got to see them!"