Today was the big day. I sent my baby to kindergarten. It was a very emotional experience for me. He, on the other hand, did fine. As much as I was dreading it, I really talked it up, making it sound like I was really excited, and I think it worked, as far as getting him excited and less nervous.
We got to school and there were lots of kids waiting in the lobby area. Once the clock hit 8:05, they kids were supposed to put their backpacks by their lockers and head out to the playground. Sounds like fun, right? Well....not so much when you are a kindergartener and it's your very first day of school and you are on a playground you've never seen before and there are about 100 kids running around, many of them three times your size. He kinda freaked. Honestly, I did too. He held on tight to my hand, and I held on tight to my tears. We walked around for a little bit. I waited for one of the adult supervisors on the playground to come and take him off my hands, but that didn't happen. So, we wandered a little longer. Finally, a fellow kindergarten friend from Kaydens daycare walked out the door with her big brother. Alleluia! They were excited to see each other and big brother offered to show Kayden where to go and what to do. Thank God! I didn't know how I was ever going to get out of there before my tears started rolling! So, off they went, and around the corner to my car I went. I worried a little bit, but luckily, his teacher happens to be a friend of mine, so, against everything I said I wouldn't do, I texted her just to see how he was doing. She responded with a very encouraging "Great!'.
By the time I picked him up from daycare he had lots to tell me about his day, and seems very excited to go back tomorrow!
