A very brave and excited Huck began kindergarten this morning and has declared it to be very, very fun, much to the relief of his mama. Our day began with Huck and I both oversleeping past our 7:00 wake up call while Pappy T quietly read his book on the couch and forgot he was in charge of getting everyone awake. We woke Huck up around 7:15 and then began running around trying to get ready for school, frantically eating smoothies and getting dressed and brushing teeth. It wasn’t until I was taking Huck’s first-day-of-school picture outside our building that I realized he had toothpaste smeared all over his mouth and I had pieces of fruit in between all my teeth. We then met Luca and his family on the corner with all of our bags of school supplies in hand as the six of us hurried to the A train to go our two stops up to Muscota. Huck’s school welcomes families on the first day so Troy and I got to join other parents in the classroom for the first hour or so, at which time we retired to the lovely coffee shop next door and filled up on caffeine with each other. At the end of the morning Huck’s teacher Marilyn whispered to me, “I am in love with my class.” I think they’re in love with her, too. Now we get to enjoy a four day weekend thanks to Rosh Hashana, and this includes a visit to Chuck E. Cheese’s in celebration of kindergarten starting. Here’s pictures from our bonkers first day of school … and here’s to waking up on time next week.