First Day of School

It's finally here. School! We had a pretty good summer, but that doesn't mean I'm not ready to spend a little less quality time with my kids. What do they say about absence making the heart grow fonder? Yeah.

Sarah's first day of Kindergarten was yesterday. It was a pretty big day for her even though she's at the same school, which does preschool for 2s through 4s and then also has Kindergarten, because it's still Kindergarten. Thankfully she got the assistant teacher from her class last year, whom she LOVES, and she knows about half of the kids in her class. She is still pretty apprehensive because several of the kids have asked her why she is wearing braces on her legs and what they are for, but I'm going to go into her class later this week and tell the kids about them and then hopefully she'll feel much better.

Amanda's first day was today. I was a little worried about her and wasn't sure how she was going to react. When I took Andy to his first day of school he barely turned around to say goodbye. He loved it and never looked back. When I took Sarah she cried almost every day for the first 2 1/2 years. So I wasn't sure which way Amanda would go. Luckily one of her teachers has babysat for us a couple of times, and unfortunately we got there late but fortunately it was during snack time. She was all about the snack. She also was very excited to check out the bathroom and wanted to try as soon as we got there. She didn't go for me but went twice for the teachers and pooped once. Now if she can just poop every Tuesday and Thursday while she is at school I will be very happy (see Melanie, I always work it into the story). Since she just turned two she is in a class with younger two year olds and even some kids that haven't turned two yet. So the teachers are pretty excited to have someone in the class who is already potty training. I think it makes things easier for them and sets a good example for the rest of the kids. At least I hope so. Hopefully it will continue to go well.

I wasn't sure how the day was going to go, when we arrived at school Amanda still was refusing to put her shoes on. This is after she threw a huge fit because Charlie wouldn't let her wear her Crocs to school. However I told her she couldn't carry her backpack into school without her shoes on and she wasn't going to pass up that opportunity. I got a good report from the teachers and although she had a few sad moments she did great. On the way out at the end of the day she was even carrying her backpack on her back and pulling Sarah's (hers is on wheels).

So overall, a good day. I just hope the trend continues.