First day of school was a success! It started out great with Brynn's excitement from yesterday continuing into this morning as we got ready and made our way into the classroom. However, five minutes prior to class starting, when I was about to head out, she clung on to me when I gave her a hug and started sobbing. :-( I was not surprised, as she would still do that to me some of the time when I'd drop her off at Hope, but I guess I was hoping it wouldn't happen today. There were a lot of extra staff helping in the halls and around the school this morning, and I was so grateful for the one who saw me struggling and came over to offer her help so I could escape and Brynn could calm down and join her class in the first day. I knew she would be just fine as soon as the day got underway, but it is still so hard for me when she does that. I accidentally went the wrong direction out of her classroom, and ended up having to walk back past her room to leave. When I did so I could see her with the staff member and she had already calmed down and was working on a work sheet Mrs. Stewart had waiting for them at their desks.
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| New backpack! |
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| Brynn with her teacher, Mrs. Stewart. |
This boy seated next to Brynn was in her Kindergarten class last year. He just cracked me up this morning. He seemed excited to be sitting next to Brynn and was asking her about which highlighter she had gotten, etc. He has a twin sister and I asked him if she was in their class too and he said that she was in a different class this year and mentioned how they didn't like being in the same class last year. Ha.
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| Brynn is so excited that her friend Lily is in her class. Brynn even found out that they will be riding the bus together in the mornings. And actually after school, too, as Lily goes with Brynn to the HopeKids after school program. |
Since I am moonlighting as a stay-at-home mom right now still being on maternity leave, Clara and I walked over to the school to pick up Brynn. It was so different for me to be there waiting at that time of day with the other parents. It was nice to be able to go meet her after school and walk back home together.
Like I said, I knew she would have a great first day once she got going, but I was surprised at how excited she was about her first day. She can't wait to go back tomorrow she says and even said today was the best day ever. I am so glad that she is that excited. I don't remember her being this jazzed in the first days of Kindergarten last year.
I offered to make Brynn's choice of a meal for her first day of school. She chose tacos.
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| Surprise! Oreo ice cream cake for a special treat. |
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| Brynn was glad to come home to see Clara. |
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