First day at a new school went pretty well.

Well, today was David's first day at his new school.  It seemed like he had a hard time sleeping last night, either because he was excited or nervous or a little of both.  He didn't get into his bed until around 10:00 PM last night, we usually put him in bed by 9, and instead of going straight to sleep he decided to read a book until a little after 11 PM then around 11:30 he got up to go to the bathroom and he didn't actually all asleep until midnight.  My wife and me had the alarm set to wake him at at 7:00 AM, however he woke himself up at a quarter til seven, got dressed and came downstairs and put on "Star Trek" on Netflix.  David usually never wakes up that early for school, and for the most part it is usually a struggle for us to get him out of bed in the morning so I was surprised about this morning's routine.  I think he wanted to get in an episode "Star Trek" before school, as he started watching the old episodes since he found out they were on Netflix, but there may have been other reasons.  He seemed excited about starting the year at a new school.  I'm sure he'll miss his friends from his old school but he didn't show it.  I know when I started at a new school in second grade I was extremely nervous especially since it was part way into the school year.  David has two cousins that go to that school, the one is in high school now but the other one is in his grade and they've been close since they were born and I think that's why David was excited about the new school because he would get to see his cousin.  He also got to see some of the kids that he already met and befriended from the baseball and soccer seasons, so I think his transition was probably easier than mine because he knew people whereas I didn't.  My wife was nervous all day and anxious for him to get home to find out how his day was and I assured her that LaBrae is a great school and everything will be fine.  David got off the bus a little after 4:00 PM, which I'm hoping was a first day thing because that is late to get home, and we asked him how his day was.  He said that he had a good day and that he read a Goosebumps book.  My wife asked if he went to library today, which he has been excited about since he seen the size and number of books available, and he told us "no, that's what the teacher had available, if we went to library I would have gotten something bigger and better than that."  David loves to read.  Today was his first day of fourth grade and last school year during an assessment toward the end of the year his reading level was at 7.2 which is equivalent to seventh grade second month.  Although he is in a different classroom than his cousin he did get to see her during recess and he said that she made him a little leery of a boy named Dalton even though he thought Dalton was a good kid.  He told us "I think she was just mad at him because he broke up with her."  David really seemed to enjoy his fist day of school and we were glad.  Hopefully tomorrow and the rest of the school year goes just as good.  Tomorrow is the school open house so maybe we will get the chance to speak with his teacher.  Naturally there is no homework on the first day of school, except for the parents, but I'm a little anxious to see how the homework issue goes down this year as it has been a real struggle in the past.  Overall David had a good day at school and we were able to get him in bed by 9:00 tonight.