Two weeks ago: Is it kindergarten yet???!!!! [bounces around the house with glee]
Tuesday night: Tomorrow I start kindergarten!!!!! [bouncing, glee, etc]
Wednesday 7:02am: It’s kindergarten today!!! [a little less bounce because it’s early in the morning, lots of glee]
Wednesday, 7:47am: Backpack, sidewalk notes, lunch!!! [big smiles]
Wednesday, 8:04am: [The tide turns. Emotions on edge, finally spill over into tears.]
But I want to take my dollies to school! Waaaaah!!
Wednesday, 8:12am: I want to go home. I want to go home. [said in a whisper while clinging to mommy’s leg amongst the millions of schoolchildren and their parents]
Wednesday, 8:13am: Mommy is forced to be strong while blinking back tears of her own.
Wednesday, 8:15am: Child is safely and peacefully walked into classroom. Mommy holds Daddy’s arm and attempts to be brave.
Wednesday, 8:47am: Mommy thinks school is a *brilliant* idea, marvels over the fact that it’ll go on, day after day, until May.
Wednesday, 1:55pm: School was GREAT! My teacher is so kind; she’s not a yeller! [And the giddy chattering commences until bedtime. Seriously, she couldn’t stop talking she was so excited.]
6 Comments
charity Aug 19, 2010 8:47 AM
aww!! what fun!
Jen Aug 19, 2010 12:10 PM
:)
Sarah B Aug 19, 2010 9:05 PM
Non-yeller teachers are the best kind. :)
Love the play-by-play! Ah…brings back memories of dragging my screaming kid down the hall the kdg last year…
Rebecca Aug 20, 2010 8:38 AM
Sarah, I’m so relieved you shared your first day story with me. I think you had a worst-case-scenario on your hands! LOL.
Janna Aug 21, 2010 6:57 AM
Way to go, brave mom!:)
Marc, Sr Aug 23, 2010 9:40 AM
Fun! Glad it went well.