And here they are!My 3rd grader Collin.
And Katie is FINALLY going to Kindergarten. When we took Collin to Kindergarten 3 years ago, Katie would stomp her foot at me and say "Katie goes to Kindergarten! Katie goes to Kindergarten!!" Any time I would volunteer in the class or be up for a party, she would repeat the phrase with a stomp.
She is thrilled to FINALLY be going to Kindergarten. ACU Cat Pack in tow.
When we showed up for information day, Katie didn't have a teacher. Katie did have a room. A blank classroom. Maybe to eyes of every mom this was a shock. But to the eyes of the teacher mom it was an abomination. I shellacked my "it's totally OK" smile on and we met the school counselor (who was standing in for the unhired mystery teacher) and put her school supplies in the buckets and left.
Katie couldn't have cared less. She didn't care or notice that she didn't have a teacher. She didn't care that she knew no one (although since we live near our church, it's quite likely you will know several kids in your class, but not our Kate). Our girl was excited to go to Kindergarten. And I guess it was THAT reason coupled with the fact that she did indeed have a teacher on Friday morning that I didn't cry! A teacher who had her room all sparkly decorated and super cute. A teacher who called her Katie instead of Alyssa. I love the teacher already! God knew who was going to be a perfect match for our Kate.
Collin found some classmates from last year very quickly on the playground.
And then we celebrated her 2 1/2 hours of Kindergarten with her lunch of choice: McDonald's with the dinosaur playground.
When Collin got home, he talked to me from 3:20-4 nonstop about his first day. It was great! He likes his teacher. He likes his class. He and the "Clue Crew" are thinking of starting back up. (The Clue Crew is a group of kid detectives that solve mysteries on the playground. They broke up at the end of last year and I guess decided that maybe there were still more mysteries to solve.) Whew! It was a great first day!
And Katie is FINALLY going to Kindergarten. When we took Collin to Kindergarten 3 years ago, Katie would stomp her foot at me and say "Katie goes to Kindergarten! Katie goes to Kindergarten!!" Any time I would volunteer in the class or be up for a party, she would repeat the phrase with a stomp.
She is thrilled to FINALLY be going to Kindergarten. ACU Cat Pack in tow.
When we showed up for information day, Katie didn't have a teacher. Katie did have a room. A blank classroom. Maybe to eyes of every mom this was a shock. But to the eyes of the teacher mom it was an abomination. I shellacked my "it's totally OK" smile on and we met the school counselor (who was standing in for the unhired mystery teacher) and put her school supplies in the buckets and left.
Katie couldn't have cared less. She didn't care or notice that she didn't have a teacher. She didn't care that she knew no one (although since we live near our church, it's quite likely you will know several kids in your class, but not our Kate). Our girl was excited to go to Kindergarten. And I guess it was THAT reason coupled with the fact that she did indeed have a teacher on Friday morning that I didn't cry! A teacher who had her room all sparkly decorated and super cute. A teacher who called her Katie instead of Alyssa. I love the teacher already! God knew who was going to be a perfect match for our Kate.
Collin found some classmates from last year very quickly on the playground.
And then we celebrated her 2 1/2 hours of Kindergarten with her lunch of choice: McDonald's with the dinosaur playground.
When Collin got home, he talked to me from 3:20-4 nonstop about his first day. It was great! He likes his teacher. He likes his class. He and the "Clue Crew" are thinking of starting back up. (The Clue Crew is a group of kid detectives that solve mysteries on the playground. They broke up at the end of last year and I guess decided that maybe there were still more mysteries to solve.) Whew! It was a great first day!In other news: Jackson and I had time to fold some laundry AND put it away and play some cars before time to go get Katie. We had a great day too.
5 comments:
Katie has a contagious smile! I'm glad it was a great 1st for everyone!
So glad that Katie had a teacher! Sounds like everyone had a good day.
Good job holding it together in that situation! Sounds like it's all working out okay!
What is the deal this year with no teachers on information day? Same thing in 2nd grade. I guess that's good that they're adding teachers and not just having 30 kids in a class. I'm so glad they had great first days!
So glad she finally got to go to K. I hope she's not disappointed.
Jemma got a new teacher at 7:30 pm the night before school started.
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