My boys are growing up - Gregory

So already over a week ago Gregory started his career as a student.  We found out the Friday before Gregory would start school who his teacher is and what class he'll be in...a Multi-Grade Class (K, 1 & 2).  We had marked the box for Gregory to be put in this class so that if it was "God's plan" for him to be in this class then we were open to it.  Nervous about it, but open to it and besides out of over 100 students, only 14 kindergartners were randomly selected to be in the multi-grade class.  Anyways, so Gregory was chosen.  After the first couple of days we were feeling better about Gregory being in a multi-grade class.  I am pretty sure the "shock" of being at school from 8 - 230 every day and not being with mom and dad during this time was a big source of what we were concerned about.  

Also, we started the common "first day of school picture" tradition and added a little bit more to it by having Gregory write his name and telling me what he wants to be when he grows up.  This will be an item to cherish over the years for sure.  And for those who are curious he wants to be a paleontologist, police officer or an astronaut (and a few days later added a pilot).  Big dream...love it!

Gregory will be quick to tell you that his favorite parts of school are recess and lunch.  He loves the cafeteria food!  I guess I might too if I had THREE choices for a main entree every day.  He loves going to the library, doing crafts (art), likes music, enjoys PE and has made friends quickly (not a surprise!).

So far he has learned to count by two's, learned about syllables and counting them, learned some German (since this is our "host nation"), learned some Spanish (because everyone should know some, right? haha).  Gregory is such a sponge and loves learning, I pray this continues well into his life...actually throughout his entire life.

Another new thing for Gregory is "organized" sports.  Gregory is playing for the Purple Monsters soccer team (a base youth sports team).  This is the 4 & 5 year olds team.  So he has practice once a week and a game on Saturdays for about 2 months.  Today was their first game and it was about 80 degrees outside, so very hot and Gregory was so tired due to the heat so he didn't want to play very much (kind of understandable, but this also shows how dedicated Gregory is to the sport already :-)  He did help his team out some and got to share in the victory of his team winning.  It was fun to watch him and the other kids play today.