First day of school!!

It's over and we survived!!

Our first hurdle was Meet the Teacher on Thursday night. It was not at all what I expected. I thought we'd go in, meet the teacher, get a picture with her and leave. Nighttime is already a bad time for me - it's when I feel the most nauseous.

Instead, Brian's plane didn't make it on time, so I went by myself at a time that is not one of SG's greatest. I walked in and was handed a packet of papers to fill out by an assistant, and had to sit at a table holding a crying squriming baby while trying to fill out paper after paper, look up phone numbers, etc. I have no idea what Zac was doing. By the time we left, I was frazzled, SG was a mess, and I never really met the teacher at all. And I never got to take a picture of her with Zachariah. Plus I was SO sick.

I came home and literally bawled my eyes out for 2 hours, then went to bed.

By Sunday night, I was crying again. Monday morning, I woke up crying. What is wrong with me??!!! lol!!!

Zachariah, however, wasn't affected in the least. I had told him that I might cry, but that I was fine. He usually takes my word very seriously, and wasn't worried at all about me. ha! He was SOOOOO EXCITED all weekend! And I mean - SO very very excited.




Here's our sweet little guy snoozing away right before I woke him up Monday morning. I had already been crying for an hour. When he rolled over, he exclaimed in a sleepy voice, "This is my most special day!!"




This is the note I put in his lunch. I am going to try a joke each day since he loves to tell jokes.



This is his special breakfast, the IHOP "Silver Five." The K stands for Kindergarten. He did ask what the "B" stood for. It was supposed to be a heart... lol I couldn't find my heart cookie cutter through all my tears that morning.

He says, "I know why you are crying, Mommy. You are so happy for me!"

(Brian burst out laughing.)

His favorite shoes EVER.

The back story is that I took him last week to get these Z-Strap shoes. I didn't realize there'd be so many varieties of the shoe, including light ups. I personally don't like light up shoes, and we ended up arguing back and forth in the store while SG wiggled and squirmed, and we left without buying anything.

That night, Brian got on to me for not buying them. Then we had Meet the Teacher night. Then I felt so sad and guilt-ridden, that we trekked to the mall on Friday to buy the silly shoes he wanted.

He ran up and down the mall, jumping around, making them light up. He looked like a maniac. I decided it was a good thing we bought them 2 days early so he could get that out of his system. :)

He wore a bunch of silly bandz to school. Didn't come home with half of them....

He is starting to get a little nervous... Can you tell? He says, "I'm feeling nervous Mommy. I've never been away from home ALL day before." We tell him he'll have lots of fun! And the day will fly by. He says, "Are you just saying that?"

At his locker.... Having a locker was a HUGE deal. He talked all morning about putting his backpack in his locker.

With his teacher - we are hoping for a fabulous year!

And this is where we left him. It was a short and sweet drop-off. He was definitely ready for us to leave and so we did.

I cried all the way out, and most of the day. When I went to pick him up, I met another mom who had helped him open his apples at lunch. I burst into tears! (I can't volunteer with Selah Grace and I really wanted to!) She said he was having a great day. :)

When I saw him in his little line, he just looked precious! He talked a mile-a-minute all the way to the car. He absolutely loves school and couldn't wait to go back the next day!!!

He tells me that he gave away a lot of his silly bandz, but "don't worry Mommy. All the kids I gave them to, I told them to bring them back tomorrow." Okaaaaayyy....

And he continues happily, "Then, my teacher told me that I had a choice. I could put them in my backpack or she could hold them for me. I chose to put them in my backback!" (all the while, he has no clue he was apparently getting scolded - it was really funny the way he re-told this story!)

He was also very happy to report that he is the only one in his class with TWO missing teeth. :)

Today, the 2nd day, he didn't want me to walk him to his classroom. He asked if I could drop him off. So, I did, and then I hung around the gym where he was waiting with the other children, then followed him down the hall when they were released. He found a friend and they walked and chatted all the way to the Kindergarten hall. He walked right to his room, put his lunch and backpack away, put his folder in the right spot, and sat down to work. I was so proud!! And I didn't feel too weird, as a friend of mine was doing the same thing - and then we met a dad who was doing it too! :)

After school today, he was very excited to see me and Selah Grace! "I like it when you pick me up, Mommy." Then he says, "Do you know Richard? He's so bad. He got in trouble all day." (good to know!) Then he told me about the rest of the day.

He's already earned 4 Meteor tickets, and if you earn 5, you get to go the treasure box - or save them for a day with a stuffed animal or save even more and you get to call your Mom or Dad. (Funny what works with Kindergartners!) He got 3 from his teacher and one from the PE teacher ("for sitting appropriately" LOL!)

Also, he got to be the Classroom Helper today! He told me that his teacher chose him because he was behaving so well. My sweet boy!!! He was thrilled to be the one to wipe the tables in the classroom, clean up the crayons, etc. It's the little things, really. :)

I keep asking him "Did you read today?" "Did you do math today?" etc, and the answer is always "Nope." Today I asked, "What do you do all day?"

He says, "Play!"

I guess that's the way they roll in Kindy.

So that's it for now. He's having a super wonderful fabulous time in Kindergarten. He loves all his new friends. It sounds like his teacher is happy with him. I've been able to connect with some other parents. Hopefully they'll do some learning soon. :) We are happy and excited for the year!