Ben and Kate, on the other hand, were not so happy. In Ben's words, "I do not have high hopes for second grade." Basically, he loved first grade so much, that he can't believe that second grade could possibly be as good. Pessimistic much? He has a new teacher (another Mrs. H), and his best buddies are in different classes. I have assured him that the new Mrs. H. is every bit as wonderful, and that he can still see his buddies on the playground, and that he always makes friends easily, and this year will be no exception. But he is nervous, bless his heart.
Kate NaNa is just mad because she can't go with them. All summer long she has told everyone, "I am five, and I am going to Kindergarten," while I shake my head no at the grown-ups and hold up 3 fingers. At bedtime she asks, "How many days until Kindergarten, Mom?" Since she has no concept of numbers or time, she doesn't understand when I explain to her that there are over 700 days until she goes to Ben's school. Unfortunately, her school called last week to tell us that school would be starting later than they thought - September. Ugh.
Those were the expectations for the first day of school. So, you might ask, how did it go?
Well, Will does indeed love Kindergarten. He loves recess and choice time and the gym and the library and his new friends and his teachers and everything about it. The only part he was dreading was the bus, but it turns out that was his favorite part of the whole day.
Ben's day, although not over-the-moon-spectacular, was much better than he thought it would be. It is taking him a few days to make new friends and warm up to his teacher. When I ask him how it is going he says, "It's ok." And Wednesday was better than Tuesday, so I am hoping today will continue on that upward trend.
(Can you see the nervous finger-popping going on?)
Kate, while frequently complaining (insert whiny voice), "I don't know what to do," is adjusting fine. She busies herself telling the kids I babysit what to do and waiting for her brothers to get off the bus.
And, of course, Tim took them out for the annual First Day of School Breakfast.
I think that once we get the kinks worked out (that is, Ben gets used to second grade, and Kate goes to preschool) that everyone will be happy with our new schedule, just like we were last year.
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Really??? School has started for y'all??
Yes, we start crazy early, in part because of all the breaks we will get, but also because when it snows, we have some extremely rural roads (read: steep, tree-covered hills) that don't clear well. So we start early and pray we'll be done by the middle of June:)
i'm kinda dreading the day that both of my children head off to school. it seems like so much work. however, your post made it seem like it was fun. I'm like your older boy, popping my fingers in anticipation of school.
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