Chapter 9
September (the first day of school.)
The first day of school came again. Wyatt was starting third grade, Chris was starting second grade and the girls were starting kindergarten. Henry Jr. and Parker were in pre-school.
Wyatt was wearing a dark blue shirt with light blue sleeves and a new pair of jeans. Chris was wearing a brown shirt with lighter brown sleeves and a new pair of jeans. Melinda had her long brown hair loose and was wearing a light pink shirt and a new pair of jeans.
Tamora had her long red hair up in a ponytail and was wearing a white t-shit that says this is what trouble looks like, along with a jean skirt with nylons. Kat had her long red hair up in a ponytail and was wearing her white t-shirt that said this is what spoiled looks like, along with a pair of jean shorts. Henry Jr. was wearing his Tigger shirt with brown shorts.
P.J. had her long brown hair loose and was wearing a jean overall dress with a light yellow t-shirt underneath. Parker had her long brown hair up in two ponytails on the sides. She was wearing a pink t-shirt that a winnie the pooh design and jean shorts.
"Ok let's get a look at the school students of the year 2011" Leo said filing the kids by the front door.
For the first day, all the parents drove their kids to school. At the elementary school everyone arrived at kindergarten fenced in play area.
"Bye Wyatt love you, bye Chris love you" Piper told her sons as she hugged them.
"Have a good day boys" Leo said as he hugged them.
Wyatt and Chris walked off to the playground. That's when Mrs. Wellington approached the gate.
"Well if it isn't the Halliwell family, who are you dropping off today" Mrs. Wellington asked.
"Melinda and P.J. Halliwell as well as Tamora and Kat Mitchell" Piper replied.
"In my years of teaching this is the first time I've had identical twins in my class" Mrs. Wellington remarked.
"Good luck" Paige stated.
"Alright girls come on in" Mrs. Wellington said as she opened the gate.
The girls hugged their parents and little siblings then went into the play area. Mrs. Wellington closed the gate as the adult along with little Henry and Parker walked back to the cars. Piper and Leo went to work while the others went to the pre-school.
At the pre-school they approached Mrs. Grace at her desk. Phoebe and Coop signed Parker in, and Paige and Henry signed in little Henry. After hugs and kisses Parker and Henry Jr. ran to the toys and their parents left.
At the elementary school the bell rang. Wyatt followed his new teacher to his new class. In the classroom Wyatt sat down at the desk between Dakota and Austin. Once the rest of his class was seated his teacher walked to the chalk board and wrote his name.
"Hello children and welcome to grade three, I'm your teacher Mr. Dawson" the teacher said.
"Alright I have to take attendance, when I call your name say here" Mr. Dawson instructed.
Mr. Dawson took the attendance the handed all his students a journal. Wyatt got a green one and wrote his name on the cover.
"Right now I want you to write your name on the cover, and on the first page write about yourself, you may begin" Mr. Dawson instructed.
Wyatt opened his journal and started writing.
My name is Wyatt Matthew Halliwell. I am 8. My mom is Piper and dad is Leo. My brother is Chris he is almost 7. My sister is Melinda she is 4. I live with my parents, sister, brother, ants, uncles and cousins. I like cowboys and food. I love cookies. I love playing and being a witch.
Wyatt put down his pencil and waved his finger forward. The pencil rolled off his desk. Wyatt giggled and picked up his pencil. Meanwhile in Chris's class, Chris found a desk and sat down.
"Good morning, I'm your teacher Mr. Andrews, welcome to grade two" Chris's teacher welcomed.
Mr. Andrews took attendance and noticed Chris was Wyatt's younger brother. He didn't mention it though.
"So who would like to tell us what you did this summer" Mrs. Andrews asked.
The whole class shot up their hands. Mr. Andrews picked Chris because he was the only one not begging to be picked.
"I went camping with my family" Chris announced.
"That sounds like fun" Mr. Andrews remarked.
"It was" Chris stated.
Meanwhile in kindergarten Mrs. Wellington had the children sit on a carpet. Mrs. Wellington sat on a chair in-front of them.
"Good morning boys and girls, I'm your teacher Mrs. Wellington. We are going to have a great year together."
"First I need to know your names, let's start with you" Mrs. Wellington stated.
"Melinda."
"P.J."
"Kat."
"Tamora."
"Alyssa."
"Allie."
The other children introduced themselves. Then Mrs. Wellington went over what day of the week it was and what month it was. Afterwards she sent them to find the spots at the tables with their names on it.
Melinda was at the green table beside a little boy named Michael and her best friend Allie. P.J. was at the orange table beside a little boy named Nolan and a little boy name Josh. The twin were beside each other at the blue table. Beside Kat was a little girl named Emma, and beside Tamora was Alyssa.
Mrs. Wellington gave the children each a white piece of paper and told them to draw their favourite animal. P.J. drew a pony, Melinda drew a dog, Kat drew a rabbit and Tamora for some reason drew a dragon.
At the pre-school Mrs. Grace had the toddlers sit in a circle. She then asked the kids to raise their hand if it was the second year of pre-school. The children who raised their hands introduced themselves.
"My name is Henry, just like my daddy" Henry stated.
Then the new children introduced themselves.
"I'm Parker" Parker shyly introduced herself.
"She's my cousin" Henry announced.
After the introduction the children had play time. Parker and Henry enjoyed a game of doctor. They took turns being the doctor and patient. Soon a bunch of other kids joined in as well.
Back in Wyatt's class the students were solving subtraction questions. Wyatt was an easy time with this, but Dakota was struggling.
"Wyatt, what's ten minus six" Dakota whispered.
"What's ten minus five" Wyatt asked.
"Five" Dakota answered.
"So take away one more" Wyatt said.
"Four, the answer is four" Dakota realized.
Wyatt nodded and solved the last question. Meanwhile Chris was writing a short story assignment.
There was a rabbit he loved carrots. He ran out one day so he called his mom. His mom had no carrots so rabbit was sad. His daddy gave him money and told him to buy some. He did and now rabbit is happy.
Chris was very proud of his story and handed it in. Mr. Andrews said it was a good start but it needed to be longer. Chris took it back and added to it. Meanwhile in kindergarten the girls were learning their letters.
It was a connect the dots activity. On each page the dots formed a letter of the alphabet. Melinda, P.J. and Kat no problems with it, however Tamora had never been good at connect the dots. Kat could feel her sister's frustration, because of their magical twin bond, so she showed Tamora what to do. This helped Tamora who hugged Kat to say thank you.
At the pre-school the children were colouring leaf drawings. Henry used orange and green since those are the colours of leaves. However Parker coloured hers purple, blue and pink.
Back at the elementary school it was recess. Wyatt found Chris and brought him over to their friends. They played a game of spies on the playground.
"I'll go make sure the coast is clear" Austin stated.
Austin went down the slide and walked around the playground. He pretended to get shot and fell to the ground. Wyatt slid down the pole beside the playground and pretended to heal Austin. Austin got up and followed Wyatt up the playground stairs.
Meanwhile in the fence in play area, the girls were playing tag with Alyssa and Allie. Allie was it and raced after Alyssa. Alyssa finally ran out of breath and Allie caught her. Alyssa gave the others a chance to run away from her them chased after them.
Kat was running and unfortunately tripped over a ball. She got a bad scrape on her knee and was bleeding. Mrs. Wellington brought her to the school nurse for a bandage. Once it was taken care of Kat rejoined the game.
"I blew up the ball for you" Tamora whispered in Kat's ear.
"Good, I won't tell" Kat whispered back.
At the pre-school Parker and Henry were outside riding baby bikes. They got bored riding around and starting using them as bumper cars.
"Boom" Parker said as she bumped into Henry.
"Henry, Parker, don't do that please, you could get hurt" Mrs. Grace stated.
"Ok sorry" Henry said.
Back at the elementary school it was class time again. Wyatt's class was learning about the pioneer times. Mr. Dawson handed out question sheets. The class answered the question together.
Chris's class was in the gym. The class was split into two teams. They were playing dodgeball. One of the balls rolled to Chris's feet. As he bent down to pick it up another one flew right over him.
Chris threw the ball at the other team. A little girl caught it and threw it towards Chris's feet. Chris jumped to avoid getting hit. It worked for him but the ball hit one of his teammates behind him.
In Kindergarten the kids were at their tables. They were using building blocks to build towers. Melinda's tower was so high it came crashing down. Poor P.J. didn't notice Nolan was stealing her blocks. When she reached for one she realized they were all gone.
She looked under the table and behind her chair. She had to ask her teacher for more. Mrs. Wellington noticed Nolan had too many blacks and realized what happened. She had Nolan give P.J. back her blocks. P.J. caught Nolan trying to steal them again and slapped his hand to stop him.
"Don't you dare thief" Melinda warned.
At the pre-school it was nap time. Henry and Parker snuggled up together on a mat. Mrs. Grace had lullabies playing to help them sleep. Henry fell asleep but Parker didn't.
Back at the elementary school it was third period. Wyatt's class was now in the gym. His class was split up into two teams. They were playing soccer. Wyatt was the goalie for his team.
Wesley had the ball and kicked it towards Wyatt. Wyatt stepped aside and reached out his arms. He caught the ball and tossed it to Mr. Dawson. Mr. Dawson put the ball down and the game continued.
In Chris's class Mr. Andrews was teaching them how to use comas. Mrs. Andrews passed out practice exercise worksheets. Chris did his bed to add comas where necessary. He found this task a little difficult.
In Kindergarten the kids were having free time. The girls started a game of restaurant. The other children ordered and the girls pretended to cook and serve.
"Melinda why did you put the water bottle in the oven" P.J. curiously asked.
"I did? Oh look at that I did, silly me" Melinda stated.
Melinda took the water bottle out of the oven and put in the fridge. Then Alyssa came up to them and ordered a chicken. P.J. put a plastic chicken on a play plate and handed it over to Alyssa. Alyssa paid invisible money and walked away.
At the pre-school the children were playing with play do. Parker made a play do cookie and Henry made a play do hot dog. When Parker was about to eat her play do cookie Henry caught her in time and smacked it out of her hand.
"Don't eat it, it's not really food" Henry told her.
Parker nodded and picked up her now broken play do cookie off the ground. Meanwhile at the elementary school it was lunch time. Wyatt ate his baloney sandwich that had mustard on it, and drank apple juice. Chris ate his ham sandwich that had mayonnaise on it instead of mustard, and drank orange juice.
Wyatt also ate: gold fish crackers, a cheese string, a strawberry yogurt and banana bear claws. Chris also ate: a cheese string, a blueberry yogurt and a fruit rollup.
Melinda ate a beagle with cream cheese and drank grape juice. P.J. ate a jelly sandwich and drank lemonade. Tamora ate a turkey sandwich that had butter on it, and drank chocolate milk. Kate ate a salami sandwich and also drank chocolate milk.
Melinda also ate gummy worms and a cheese string. P.J. also ate a raspberry yogurt and a granola bar. Tamora also ate a yogurt bar and baby crackers. Kat also ate cheese and crackers.
It was also lunch time at the pre-school. Mrs. Grace handed out animal crackers, small milk cartons and cheese strings. Parker didn't like cheese so she only took the crackers and milk. Henry took all three as usual.
Back at the elementary school it was last class. Wyatt was working on an art project. Chris was learning basic geography. The girls were doing another connect the dots. This time the dots formed numbers.
At the pre-school it was time for pick up. Prue, Andy and Coop arrived with baby Payton. The others were stuck at work. (The family also had a pick up and drop schedule for after the first day of school. On Monday's, Paige dropped off the kids at pre-school, and Prue picked them up. On Tuesdays Piper did the drop off and Phoebe did the pickup, on Wednesdays Phoebe did the drop offs and Paige did the pickups, on Thursdays Coop did the drop offs and Prue did the pickups, then on Fridays Andy did the drop offs and Henry did the pickups.)
"Daddy" Parker squealed as she ran into Coop's arms.
"Hi baby, did you have fun" Coop asked.
Parker nodded her head like crazy. Prue signed out Parker and Henry. They then went to the elementary school and approached the kindergarten area. They were a little early though.
When the bell rang Wyatt said bye to his friends as she packed his bag. In the hallway he collected Chris and they walked out of the school together. When they joined Prue, Andy, Coop, Henry, Parker and Payton, the girls were already with them.
They got into two cars and went home. All the way home the kids busted their driver's ears as they told them all about their first day of school.