First Day Of School...

First Day Of School...

For some reasons I do not remember my first day of school in my younger years! Probably because it was such a high stress, nerve racking, and scary day! New year, new routine, new classmates, and new teacher. Its tough growing up!!

All the "news" of another school year is nerve racking enough but to top that off Liliana and Dillon had 1 added stress... NEW SCHOOL!

7AM

Despite their nerves they both woke up anxious for the day to begin! Our morning routine before school is very simple. We wake up, shower, get dressed, take care of beds and bedrooms, and then all together head downstairs to eat! Once breakfast is done lunches are put in backpacks and everyone gets ready to leave! Our routine was executed perfectly this morning! I had it planned so that I would not have to take Ava and Garrison with me when dropping the older two off at school! Main reason being the heat! It was 101 degrees at 8:45AM (their drop off time)!! Marc had to work so Papa was nice enough to come over and stay with the younger two.

8:35AM

Once at school, Liliana and Dillon posed for a nice picture in front of a tile collage on the front buildings wall. After pictures, it was time to find their teachers. We first went looking for Liliana's teacher. Once we found her, Liliana took a quick picture, put her backpack on the ground, kissed me goodbye, hugged Dillon while telling him to have a good day and then ran to the playground!

Next it was time to find Dillon's teacher. As we approached the kindergarten area, I noticed his teacher was no where to be found. I was informed a few minutes later that she was on duty in another area of the school yard. Dillon at this point was getting a little nervous. I tried to convince him to play on the playground with the other kids but he wasn't interested. He just stood right next to me with at least one part of his body glued to me! Once the school bell rang, he was curled up in front of me with his head nestled on my stomach! All he said was "Mommy I want to go home!" I am not the crying/teary eyed type but he was making me feel awful with those words. His teacher soon appeared from around the corner and called for her class to line up! Dillon was slow to stand in line but did so without any tears. As all the parents around me said their goodbyes, there stood Dillon with his hands folded together, sad puppy dog eyes, and head looking down at the ground. Before heading into school, the teacher told all the kids to turn towards the parents, smile, and wave goodbye. Almost all the kids around Dillon did as the teacher asked, while Dillon still stood with his head down! I knew this would be an interesting day for my little guy!

The day progressed in a very interesting way. Ava told me several times she missed her sister and brother. Garrison was in a "weird" mood. The house just didn't feel normal with both older children gone at school all day!

3:25pm

Marc came home early so that he could go with me to pick up the kids from school! The bell for dismissal doesn't sound until 3:50PM but most students at this school are picked up by parents and the area for picking up is rather small. This makes for one long line of cars waiting for pickup. As we entered the pickup "zone", I immediately spotted Liliana and Dillon standing on the sidewalk area. Liliana had her arm around Dillon and as we pulled up they quickly ran over to the van anxious to get inside! Both were asked how their days went...

Liliana replied with "Ok, I made a friend she is the daughter of Dillon's teacher... I like my new school but miss my old school a tiny bit because I know more people... I am not bringing my chicken lunchables anymore because they don't have a microwave for kids to use...I don't have any homework but will have some tomorrow...I guess my day went good!"

Dillon on the other hand replied with "I don't like school... I only made 1 friend and I can't remember his name... I have to sit in a girl spot because there were no more boy spots... I spilled my applesauce all over my sandwich at lunch and on my seat and knee...I played outside and ate my snack"

Marc and I decided to take the kids for a slushy from Sonic before heading home. As the kids ate their after school snack, I went through their take home folders. Liliana had a note saying that the day went well and to expect homework starting tomorrow! Dillon's folder had a couple colored pictures and a "certificate". On the certificate was Dillon's name at the top, followed by the words "had a great first day at school", along with the teachers signature and todays date. While this certificate was in my hand Dillon starts to talk... "Mommy I don't know why the teacher gave me that paper, she asked us to raise our hand if we had a great first day of school and I didN'T raise my hand. Then she gave us that piece of paper and told us to show our parents that we had a great day. I told her I didn't have a great day but she didn't listen to me"

The things he comes up with to say and the way he explains them!! Priceless! I felt bad that he was positive about his NOT great day but I know it will get better as time passes!

I would say despite Dillon's little "negative"story about not having a GREAT day, both kids had a good first day.