I was surprisingly calm throughout the morning - no tears at all!! My heart was a pitter-patter, though, as he was getting dressed. It was a bit of a reality check as I thought "we are making history today"! We now have an official STUDENT in the family. He's GETTING DRESSED FOR SCHOOL! OH MY GOODNESS!!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!!
And then I went and made a cup of coffee and started to calm down.
Big J was very excited to go to school. The Open House was a great idea. He enjoyed meeting his teacher - who looks like the perfect teacher to me! 50ish, grandma'ish, sweet, but strong disposition. Can we have her all 13 years? The Lord knew . . . . all this time, HE knew.
There are only 17 students in the class. Another blessing!! I'm very, very happy about that. I know there will be a lot of testing going on at the beginning of school and a lot of time is needed for the teacher to get to know the students - so I am especially pleased about the class size.
Soooo, he came home and absolutely LOVED school. I knew he would. I had to pull information out of him, for the most part. I've heard that this is "the way boys are". :-) I guess I better get used to that. He remembers things randomly and just starts talking about it, which I think is cute. Like today he said "When the teacher said that the girls are coming tomorrow, the boys said that girls are disgusting, but I didn't say that". hee hee. (The boys went on the first day, and the girls go today - everyone goes tomorrow.)
I am so thankful that God has put my son in this school, in this class and that He has given me a peace about EVERYTHING. I know that this teacher has experience and that whatever my son's difficulties may or may not be, that we can certainly work together to achieve a successful first year in school and that is extremely important to me.
Here is REALITY: holding onto my firstborn and my coffee (he's doing a silly face! ornery boy)
3 comments:
So, so happy for you all...God is so good! Loved reading about big J's first day of Kindergarten! Absoutely adorable pic! :)
Yay! So glad that everything is turning out just as you'd hoped! And the fact that he loves school already has to be a good sign, right? Praise Jesus for answered prayers!
that's fantastic, Les! :) Can't believe these kids of ours went and got so big. The nerve!
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