The Next Day

Well, we made it. The first day of Kindergarten was survived by all. He walked right on into the classroom and the only thing he turned around for was to ask us where to put his backpack. It was a strange feeling seeing him go into a real school and not having him turn around to wave goodbye one more time or anything. It's good overall. You want them to want you, but not to need you. His teacher helped him find where to put his backpack and then he wandered over to the carpet and joined the other kids. He found one of the kids from his pre-school last year and sat next to him. The first thing he said when he came out of the class was, "Why didn't you put a banana in my snack?" So with that, I figured that everything went fine.

He was exhausted when he got out of the class and crashed when he got back to my mom's house. Last night was the Back to School Night for the parents of the K-2 kids. So we met his teacher, and found out about a couple field trips. I asked if there was a supply list that showed what we should buy for him. She said all he needs to bring is a backpack and a snack. Everything else, apparently, is provided. Which is awesome.

We also had our first ever PTA meeting after the BTSN with the teacher. That was a very interesting experience, and my lovely wife in all her glory is already helping them out with some fundraiser stuff. The hope is now that we'll still be going to the school in three weeks. Since we're an inter-district transfer, we're the first to go if someone who lives within the schools boundaries shows up to register. There are two open spots before that would happen, so three kindergarteners would have to register after school started to get him kicked out, so we're hoping that doesn't happen as it's a really nice school with a neat-o playground for the kids. I will have the customary picture of him standing in front of the house ready to go to school tomorrow, as I didn't have a chance yesterday to get the pictures off the camera.

First day of school down, only about 18 years to go.