Kinder Day 3 (End of Week 1)

Oh boy, this parenting stuff is not for sissies.

"Please, mama. Please. Let me just stay home! Please!"

Sigh. This morning started with tearful pleas to stay home.

My heart shattered.

The end.

Fine. No, that wasn't the end.

My heart still shattered. There's not much worse than listening to your sad little boy plead to not do something. But as much as I wanted to tell him he could stay home, I instead got him dressed while telling him how much fun he was going to have. Daddy combed his hair while telling him how much fun he was going to have. He sat down for breakfast while we both told him how great the day was going to be.

And then the other one started to tear up. He didn't want to go to school either.

Ack!

We got them both calmed down before Isaac took them to school. (They start at 8:35, so I won't get to do drop off this year. Sniff.) They both were fine when he left them. We crossed our fingers that the day would turn out better than it started.

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At pick-up time, the class aide told me that Shawn cried off and on today. He want to go home and see his mama. :( But as I started to lead him away to go home, he surprised the aide and me by starting to cry because he now wanted to stay at school. Fickle boy!

When I asked him how school went, Jason declared he "had a very bad day" because he didn't get to color his grass and tree the way he wanted to color them. This, my friends, was quite upsetting for the boy. (He may have inherited his parents' perfectionistic tendencies. Ahem.)

I still get very little information about what they've done during the day. They don't remember unless I ask a very pointed question, and then I still only get a vague answer. They still don't know any other names except the other boy in the class named Jason. They can't remember the songs they sang, but they do know they sang something. The same goes for the stories they've read. 

Don't they understand I need some details here?! lol.

Sigh.

The first week is now behind us. Whew. We've all survived. I'm calling it a success just because of that alone!

Here's to a few days of relaxation to regroup before we all get back to the grind of the school and work on Monday!