He's been excited for Kindergarten all summer. Picked out his backpack, got his school supplies, memorized his cafeteria PIN. When I woke him up for the first day of school (and there's not a day that goes by that I'm not thankful for being in a "late start" school), he jumped out of bed saying, "It's school today! My first day of school!" I got him fed and ID'ed with his little laminated tag, and we headed out to the bus stop.
All was well until the bus got there. He's ridden a bus before, but I think he was freaked out by it all the same. He just kind of stood there until I prodded him to climb aboard! Then he just stood by the driver until the driver got him to find a seat.
After school reports were mostly positive. He had a new best friend with whom he shared Knock Knock jokes. He liked his teacher. He colored in rectangles and a picture of himself. He heard a book and sang a song. Lunch, however, was a downer--he misunderstood that he was supposed to get "school lunch" and so only had his snack to eat at lunch. Needless to say he was grouchy until I got some food in him. The rest of the week has gone smoothly. According to Hayden, the only "low" since the lunch debacle was that he dropped and broke a crayon, and in the act of picking up the crayon, ripped his little ID/bus tag.
He's a little tired--it's a big change to be gone all day, every day. But overall he seems to be enjoying it, and he has a lot of stories (and bad jokes) that I love to hear. I have volunteered to help out in the classroom here and there, so I can't wait to see for myself what it's like. Marlo sure misses her brother though! She's been cranky during the day until he gets home!
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