First Day of School

Today was Tyler's first day of Kindergarten! The day went very well for all of us. Tyler got up twenty-five minutes before his 7 AM alarm and was excited to start the day. We had a special apple french toast breakfast, took LOTS of pictures, and then he boarded the bus and went on his way! It all happened so fast that everyone made it through that part of the morning with no tears (mom included)! I went to school right after the bus for a PTC meeting and Tyler had already found his classroom and was getting settled when I peeked in. I gave him one last hug and left his room. When did he get to be such a big boy?

On the way to the PTC meeting a reporter from the DM Register stopped me and asked me a bunch of questions and I really don't even remember what I said, but I was on the verge of tears, so hopefully if I make it into the story there won't be any direct quotes. :o)

I signed up to be a co-room mother for Tyler's class. I'm not exactly sure what that will involve, but I'm excited to get involved in Crestview. I'm also going to be helping with the Trash to Cash program, so start collecting your BoxTops for Education, soup labels, and anything else that makes money for schools.

It was a short day today, only 8:20-12:45 PM. Drew and I picked Tyler up from school and got to meet a few more kindergarten parents. The kids all looked happy coming out of the school and Tyler seems ready to go back tomorrow which is a great sign! Here are a few highlights from his first day:

-Tyler got a bit lost from the bus to the classroom but the Spanish teacher found him and delivered him to his classroom. Muchas gracias!

-Two recesses. He was very proud that he made it all the way across the curvy "S" monkey bars! His preschool friend fell at recess and got hurt and when I asked Tyler if helped her at all he said he ran away because she was crying. He seems to get his crisis skills from his father. :o)

-Tyler had a hot dog, bun, pineapple, chocolate milk and one bite of a carrot for lunch. One bite of a carrot doesn't seem like much, but to me that is a huge victory that he willingly took a bite of a vegetable without any parental pressure.

-The class learned how to make a line, first using blocks and then lining up to go outside.

-There are 25 kids in the class. including 2 Tylers. Tyler E. and Tyler J. Tyler's table mate is a little girl name Elle.

-Tyler's teacher is Miss Cuthbertson (pictured above). This is her third year teaching kindergarten and she seems very sweet. Other parents have been really happy with her and I expect that he will have a great year!

After leaving school, Drew and I went to playgroup and I got a chance to talk to other moms who had also just dropped off their kids at kindergarten for the first time this week. Happy tears welled up a bit for me as I talked about the note from Tyler's teacher which made me feel more at ease about the transition. I'm so blessed to be able to share these precious moments with such wonderful friends!