Today was the first day of school! Noomi was so excited that she was up around 6:15 am. I tried to get her to lay back down, but it wasn’t happening. She was up and ready to go. Ajax took a bit longer to get out of bed, lol. The kids decided they wanted to ride the bus for their first day, so Dave and I loaded them onto the Bus and then I drove to meet them at the school (not going to lie, got a little teary eyed when the kids got onto the bus). Unfortunately, the bus was way late and didn’t arrive at the school until almost 8:30 (school started at 8:20!). Ajax ended up running off with some of his friends without a backward glance, as I waited for Noomi to get off the bus.
I assumed Ajax made it to his class ok and I walked Noomi to her classroom. There was a lot going on and Noomi was quite overwhelmed. Her best friend, Cruz, was there and that seemed to make all the difference for her. There were a few times where she wanted to hang on me, but she saw Cruz doing things and felt comfortable to move forward as well. She seemed happy and excited when the teacher escorted the grown ups to the door.
After school both kids rode the bus home and Dave and I were there to greet them. Ajax bounded off the bus, he seemed to have a great time, but Noomi walked like a zombie down the steps, staring blankly without talking. I actually think she fell asleep on the bus ride home (or darn near it). She was totally out of it and said she had a bad day, a teacher yelled at her for not paying attention and made her cry and she didn’t want to go back. She was so tired I couldn’t really make sense of what happened. I am now, of course, fretting.
At dinner the kids told us more about their days. We were able to pull out positive things from Noomi’s day like eating lunch with her friends, recess outside, and music class (which she kept calling singing class). Ajax, like always, is difficult to get information out of. He said he had a good day, his teacher is nice, he has lots of friends in his class, and that he had gym with his favorite gym teacher. All good things.
