So on August 7th nearly two weeks ago now Chance started school. He is officially a Kindergartener. he was way more prepared than I was. He got up before the alarm went off (7am), got himself dressed in his uniform and proceeded to play a concert on his little piano:
After his concert and I packed him a few snacks (he will be eating breakfast and lunch at school) and made him a pop tart (his choice for quick breakfast snack) We had timed out how long it takes to walk to the school (23 minutes) so we made sure we left a little early for the first day and took off for the first day of school.
Chance looked so cute walking to school with his backpack on in his little uniform. The walk to school isn't that bad as a matter of fact it is a great time to get to talk to Chance about all kinds of interesting things.
When we got to school All the Kindergarten classes (there are four) were lining up by class in the little courtyard just outside the kindergarten hallway. We found Chance's teachers and then gave him a big hug before he got in line with his class.
His teacher Mrs. Gidney gave him a sticker with his name on it. There were no tears from us or from Chance he was very brave standing in line by himself, well with his other classmates, waiting and then walking into the building with his class. Scott and I waited just outside the gate watching him till he went inside.
We picked him up after school, he was in a good mood and seemed to enjoy his first day so even though it was really hard to spend the day without him and to go from being the one who makes all the rules and is always there to help him to having to trust teachers we barely know it makes it that much easier when he comes home having had a good day.
This last picture was actually taken on his second day at school which we also stayed just outside the gate waiting to watch him walk into school. He is so strong and confident with himself he turned around and blew us a kiss while he was going into the building. I love that little guy.
Every friday at Chance's school they have what is called celebration. Parents can come for the last hour of school and we bring treats or celebrate holidays or sometimes we will take walking trips through the Quarter to historical places and galleries for fun. This is a great time to see what is going on in the classroom and to spend some time with Chance in class.
This first celebration was last friday and it was an ice cream sundae celebration. The parents all contributed something and I got to head up the sprinkle station. When Chance came by he was so cute like he didn't know what to do since we were blurring the line between mommy time and classroom time. I may or may not have given him an extra shake of sprinkles.
When I first showed up they were all standing on their big carpet (where they each have their own square, that they are supposed to stay in) singing a little song it was super cute. After that we all ate ice cream sundaes and then all the kids went back to the carpet and Mrs. Gidney read a book for some end of day story time.
While Chance was listening to the story I took a moment to sneak around the room and snap some pictures of his artwork hanging on the walls. I am so looking forward to the celebration coming up tomorrow, we are all bringing different types of muffins to celebration. The muffins go along with the story they have been studying all week. Have I mentioned that they are studying fairy tales for the first five weeks of school? I am not sure if I have or not but they are, last week was 3 billy goats gruff and this week is Little Red Riding Hood.
