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This morning Kai took his first step into the next stage of childhood: Kindergarten! Any nerves hid behind sheer enthusiasm and silliness. He’d spent the entire previous day shouting “It’s my last day of preschool!!!” to anyone within earshot (he did honor his preschool teachers with some beautiful Kai drawings, pictured below), and all morning bouncing from one room to the next.

I think a new favorite ritual will be packing his own lunch each school night. He’s using a lunch box Grandma and Grandpa Weiss got a while back, something he’s filled with play food for years. And now, wow. He gets to put real food inside! Once a week he’ll also partake in the school lunch program, which offers cheap organic (yes, organic! it’s Berkeley) meals, partially funded by the Alice Waters foundation.

His whole family entourage (Joey, me, and Meli plus his mom) hung out with him for the first morning sendoff on the playground then his new classroom. I’m sure before we know it we’ll be back for Melina’s first day. Yikes. In the meantime, Kai has been asking if he can stay at his new school “forever.” A good, good sign.

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