Chase's 1st Day of Kindergarten

Chase was pretty excited about starting Kindergarten today. He was a little ticked that he has a bedtime now, and he fought it for a while last night, so he was a little grumpy when I had to wake him up at 7:15 this morning.
I have taken his picture on the front porch every year on the first day of school sinced he started preschool, and I was so excited to be doing it at our new house this year, but I didn't have much success because it was really hot and the sun was right in his eyes. But anyway, here's the squinting kindergartener:

Cole giving his brother a first day of school hug:

Getting buckled in:

Then of course, once I start the car and get the AC going, Chase remembers that he forgot to brush his teeth, so he has to go back in.

Here he is posing in front of the fireplace on his way back out to the car:

Finally, we make it to school and I take a few more while waiting in the drop off line:

He had a good day by all accounts. His teacher said he worked on subtraction today. Chase said he got to play with playdough. Antoinette, his 6 year old friend, told her mother he agreed to marry her. We'll see how tomorrow goes...