Today was the first day of school for the kiddos! Unfortunately Dave had to go into the office, so it was just the three of us this morning. I got the kids up and both were pretty excited, jumping right out of bed. Noomi was so excited that she couldn’t finish her breakfast and immediately put her backpack on declaring that she was ready to go. Both kids stood well for pictures and then we were out into the rain and headed to school.
When we got to school we waited outside with the throng of other parents/kids until the doors opened at 8:10 am and then Noomi and I walked Ajax to his class. We helped him get settled in, found his seat, and then we were off. He did great and Mrs. Masinda seems like an excellent and patient teacher!
Next I walked Noomi to her class. We hung up her backpack (which I had to periodically carry for her as it’s as big as she is) and then headed into her class. We signed in, talked to the teachers about her hands (again), and then I helped her find a place on the reading carpet with a book. Then she said goodbye and I left. No tears from either of us.
After dropping off Noomi I helped man the PTSA table with some other moms till about 10:30 am and then headed into work.
Dave picked up both kids who said they had a great day at school! At dinner we tried to get Ajax to talk about his day, but the most I could get from him was that he had a good day, really liked math (they worked on addition) and he had fun playing with his friends at recess. We couldn’t really understand about Noomi’s day – she said she played and really really enjoyed bringing her own lunch to school, but other than that I’m at a lose as to what she did. I do know that they do not nap and I’m extremely worried about that and feeling quite anxious that maybe she’s too young for this program. Dave say’s I’m overreacting. We got both kids into bed early tonight and they passed right out after such a busy first day!
