First Day of School For the Twins

Patrick and Luke started 3-year-old Kindergarten on Monday. They've been excited about this day for months, and it finally arrived.

The whole school has prayer every morning together in the gym. They give the little ones rosaries and prayer cards to hold and play with just in case the time frame surpasses their attention span.

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Their first activity was to trace their own name. Luke loved this activity, of course. It was at this point that he asked me when I was going to leave. Thanks.

Patrick was super excited that morning, too. You can barely see Luke behind the teacher's rear in the right of the picture. From that far distance, the twins waved at each other once they were seated. It was a precious moment for a mom of twins. They love each other. They've always been together (really, almost every waking moment of their lives). They're together for this first big moment, but not sitting next to each other. They just wanted to give their brother some friendly encouragement and love from three feet away.

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So, the jury is still out, but their first days were successful. Joe had music class with them, and apparently Patrick intentionally gave a wrong answer to a question the teacher asked. Joe told him, "that's funny at home, but that's not funny at school." Thanks for teaching him the ropes, big brother!