Last Wednesday was the first day of school for the boys. This is not the face we saw on the first day of Kindergarten, in fact it was quite the opposite. With tears streaming down his face(and mine) Sam informed me that "he hated school and was never going back." This is when I stepped and became a Kindergartener for the next five weeks. He adjusted fine it just took over a month to get there. His wonderful teacher Mrs. M had faith in him and even invited me to stay to help him adjust. He had a good year, grumbling throughout from time to time, but he did it.
Flash forward to First grade. I thought this one out. I knew a lot of things would be different and needed to plan ahead to make this a smooth ride for us all. Because our wonderful building had been outgrown with the addition of a seventh grade this year, we were moving into a swing space for at least two years while our permanent site is being renovated. The building is a former middle school, and it is HUGE! A little intimidating for this mom let alone the little people that will inhabit it for 30+ hours a week. During the summer, we did a couple of drive by's and arranged to visit the week before school started. We went every day for a week and just walked the halls, found bathrooms, the office and cafeteria, you know all of the important things. It felt great, I was getting very excited for the boys. The best part(according to a 6 and 8 year old)...lockers! The locks were removed and the children get to store their belongings in lockers. Who knew? Sam went to bed saying he couldn't wait until the next day so he could go see his locker. He wakes up in the morning talking about how he is going to go say hello to his locker. It(the locker) has become the reason why he absolutely LOVES school now. I don't know who this child is anymore.
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