We had some friends over for dinner on Sunday. Kasey was telling us that his sister had taken her oldest child to school for the first time. She got extremely emotional after dropping him off and as she left the building, she looked for somewhere to cry in private. She ran behind a bus and broke out in tears. She looked up and there was another mom doing the same thing. They cried together behind that bus.
I had Sadie and Jayda with me as we dropped Cole off in his classroom. He immediately started playing and coloring. I gathered the girls and was holding things together until I gave him a hug good-bye and he said "I love you, Mom." Whoa! I needed to get out of there quick! Jayda blew him a kiss and we were out of there. We got outside and there was no bus! :) So, we walked to the car as I cried in front of everyone.
It was a good thing I had some things to do today so that I was busy. Time went by pretty quickly for me. I saw Sadie heading up the stairs later this morning and asked her what she was doing. She said "I'm going to find Cole so we can play." I had to gently remind her that we had taken him to school and he wasn't home.
Cole had a great first day! He got to do art and have "gym". He sang me a song that taught them the days of the week. It was pretty cute. His one complaint was that he had to bring a lunch instead of buying one there. :)
5 comments:
You did it! I'm so glad I don't have to try and handle that yet...but when I do, you can give me a pep talk. :)
Shanna,
I'm so glad to hear that Cole likes kindergarten. How is the full day going? Ben loves it as well. I decided to have him ride the bus the first day so I could be at home thinking it might be easier for both of us with the bus excitement. He looked so little getting on the bus. Our boys are growing too fast.
love,
Jill
He looks so grown up. Glad he loved it!
Oh, Shanna! I wish I could say it gets better, but I cried sending Alex off to 1st grade this year, too. I'm glad that he is loving it, though!
He looks so grown-up! So cute. I love the picture of him getting off the bus too - so excited. We can't wait to see you guys again in March! It's looking like we might be at Oakwood again. We'll see... Have a great October!
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