After the let down of Tuesday's short day, William was ready for a FULL day on Wednesday! He was ready about 15 minutes early, so we played in the driveway and took some pictures before walking to the school. That was his other thrill: walking! We had to drive on Tuesday since it was raining; thankfully the weather was nice for our first day.
He is VERY proud of his Darth Vader lunch box. Turns out lunch boxes and backpacks are good ice breakers when meeting new kids. We were happy that we found one he loved (from the bazillion choices on Amazon, how could he not?!) and that he could use it as a segue to his love of Star Wars and Legos when meeting people this week.
The PTA gives the kindergarteners school t-shirts to wear the first day (and week) of school. They're color coded by classroom (KT is bright blue and the other three classes are yellow, light blue, and gray.) It is designed to teach the kids who is in their class and help people direct the kids back to their class if they're lost. It made it incredibly easy to see who was in his class when we lined up on the playground!
Come on! Let's do this! He marched us all the way to school. Amazingly, he also held his own backpack and lunch box the entire time. He had been asking me for a few days whether I'd carry his bag as we walk. Since we had dropped off supplies already, all he had was a water bottle and his snack box (Kashi bar and apple) inside the backpack. For his lunch, he took peanut butter & jelly sandwich, strawberry Greek yogurt, mozzarella cheese stick, and a water bottle. They have snack at 11 and lunch at 1:15, so we've been told to pack a generous snack. Thanks to my sister-in-law Amy's advice, I made my own "uncrustable" PB&Js using up an entire loaf of bread and freezing them, so packing lunch (and grabbing breakfast for me!) have been a breeze this week. I think Will is super excited because we bought "real" sandwich bread! We usually use sandwich thins for bread, so this white, soft, square stuff is quite exciting!
Ms. Troemel brought her KT line leader sign out to the blacktop to meet the kids. We were the second KT family to arrive at the school thanks to Mr. Excited. We were only beat by Will's new buddy, Gavin. Here they compare lunch box features in great detail.
The wait was about 10 minutes longer than it needed to be in the humid weather, but William showed no apprehension until about the last 5 minutes when the less enthusiastic kids arrived - including several crying boys. He seemed a little bothered by that but went right in when his class marched inside. One of the moms of a daycare friend saw him right before he went inside and gave him a high five. She told me later he was so excited! The report he gave John at the end of the first day was that school was "fun." I talked to him last night quite a bit about school and his YMCA after school program, but the details have been relatively sparse. They've all be positive though, so that's good!
The wait was about 10 minutes longer than it needed to be in the humid weather, but William showed no apprehension until about the last 5 minutes when the less enthusiastic kids arrived - including several crying boys. He seemed a little bothered by that but went right in when his class marched inside. One of the moms of a daycare friend saw him right before he went inside and gave him a high five. She told me later he was so excited! The report he gave John at the end of the first day was that school was "fun." I talked to him last night quite a bit about school and his YMCA after school program, but the details have been relatively sparse. They've all be positive though, so that's good!
