These are the Days

"These are the days of miracle and wonder."

--Paul Simon

Who: Noah Chayton Robinson

What: First Day of School

Grade: 1st

Where: Beacon Heights Elementary, Salt Lake City, UT

Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Time: Approximately 8:30am

Teacher: Ms. Lee (I swear she's 30ish, but she's been teaching for 16 years!)

Noah. It's the first day of the first grade in his first "real" school. He looks a little nervous mixed with excitement. He has Spiderman as his backpack sidekick. A blue lunch box (or bag, whatever you want to call it these days) in his hand. Spikey hair, courtesy of some creative brushes through his hair with some L.A. Looks Hair Gel. He is in line, waiting for Ms. Lee to take him inside to his new classroom. Blake is running around on the playground, no cares in the world. Noah looks around, slightly leary of what is about to take place. Kids everywhere. Parents with cameras (yes, even me) snapping pics of their kids and the surrounding activity. Rob has Noah recite his lunch pin number in case he decides he wants to eat cafeteria food (what happened to the days of taking lunch money in straight dimes and nickles?). Ms. Lee comes out. All the parents in attendance hug, kiss, and love on their kids as the lines start to move into the modern school. Oh my, how time flies. First grade.

Who: Blake Calian Robinson
What: First Day of School

Grade: Kindergarten
Where: Beacon Heights Elementary, Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Friday, September 5, 2008
Time: Approximately 8:30am
Teacher: Ms. Judy (I don't even think I know her last name...)

Blake loves to skip. Well, I guess you could consider it more of a run. No, maybe a "Charge!". Yes. That is it. This was Blake's attitude on this bright morning. So excited, he runs straight for the Kindergarten playground. Definitely not shy, Blake has no problem talking about how cool his first day was going to be. Rob, Cristina and I, stood behind the fence and watched as Blake played alone, oblivious to the rest of the kids playing within inches of him. He ran back forth between the playground and the fence where we watched his enthusiasm with great wonder. The kindergarteners were scattered about. The teachers came out and Blake ran up to Ms. Judy. "Today is my first day of Kindergarten!" (In the voice of the kid from The Incredibles that says "That was totally wicked!") My Bigs, in Kindergarten!?!