Anna’s first day of school seemed to go very well! In fact, that was the most tired and cranky I’ve seen her since last school year (obvious she skipped nap), so that’s a good sign she’s not bored.
When I went to pick her up, she declared that her friend, K, was coming with her. She had K by the hand and they were ready to come home with me. K is her best friend from all the previous classes since they were babies, but were split at the start of the summer, and are still not in the same class until the end of the day, when all the 5:30 kids get loaded into Anna’s classroom till the parents come to pick them up. This is good because both K and H now end up in Anna’s afternoon class, which is just playtime from 3:30-5:30 pick up.
I broke her heart when I told her that K couldn’t come home with us because she has to ask her mommy first. Tantrum. Oh yes, a tired tantrum. This isn’t necessarily bad; her last tantrum at pick up was in her last year’s class because she wasn’t ready to come home. All summer she was ready to jump into my arms and haul it out the door for pick up! I promised her I’d email K’s mom to see if she can come play this weekend. Here we go.
Mrs. IA told me about her day: Anna’s job for the day was to be the door holder. They talked about the weather and the calendar and Anna came home with strips of paper all cut up and colored on. In fact, she had cut along some of the lines she drew. Seeing that it’s Anna’s new favorite hobby, it was more evidence of a good day. On the way home she told me that W ate the rice from the rice table, and he wasn’t supposed to do that, and she played with K on the playground, and something about the Gerbil, and that she ate all her noodles at lunch.
Today at drop-off, no tears. She asked me if she could color and cut and glue and I told her she had to ask Ms. Abshire (Ms. Eye-shower, to Anna) and she said yes, after circle time.
She seemed pretty content so let’s see how day 2 goes!
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