Boo Hoo Breakfast

On Carter's second day of kindergarten (last Friday), the PTO had a Boo Hoo Breakfast for the kindergarten parents after dropoff.  Each table was reserved for one class so that we'd get to know the other parents in our kids' class.  I've gotten to know two of the moms so far - one I know a little from our preschool and the other is one of Ashley's old friends we met at the playground.

At the tables were these cute little books with a picture of our kids with their teacher (Mrs. Colasso).

There were also these placemats that the kids made on their first day of school ...

And "Parent Survival Kits" put together by the PTO.

After the Boo Hoo Breakfast there was a short PTO meeting which basically introduced the kindergarten parents to all the ways we can volunteer at our school.  The parents seem extremely involved at our school.  I'm signed up for cafeteria duty as soon as Rylan starts preschool.  For cafeteria duty you spend 50 minutes helping kids open up their food containers.  But my shift ends right as Carter's lunch period begins so I can then eat lunch with him.  I signed up to be a room mom too but haven't heard back about that yet.  I've also applied to be a tier 3 volunteer which included getting fingerprinted for a background check.  To volunteer and work with the kids when there is not necessarily a teacher present (such as helping with a field trip), you have to be a tier 3 level.  I did my fingerprints in mid-July but am still waiting for everything to get completed.

Carter loved his second day of school as much as his first.  He came home on Friday with a drawing about the Pete the Cat scavenger hunt they went on.  All the kindergarteners got to explore the school to find him (which I believe was just the teachers' way of showing the kids where different parts of the school were).

Carter also got a little goody bag that he was so excited to open once he got home!

At the Boo Hoo Breakfast, I also had to buy some school "gear".  The kids all need field trip shirts that Carter had to wear right away (along with his Pete the Cat hat he made at school).

And since I have a minivan now, I figured I should just go all out and get the magnet school decal for the back as well!