Ta-da! Behold the witness of how life gets away from you quickly:
August 27, 2012. Who knew? First day of kindergarten. Her teacher is Mrs Fossum, who seems super great in the 45-second time span and 3.5 sentences I've exchanged with her. She has a nice classroom and is the wife of an astronaut at NASA. I would have posted a picture here of her except I didn't want to interrupt the madness of the first day of school she was working! Maybe tomorrow.
Anna had been protesting just a little lately about kindergarten, saying she was too shy. Even as we walked up to the building. Fortunately We had O and M with us and they told Anna some of the fun things about kindergarten, which I think helped...
"But I don't want to go to kindergarten..."
"Anna, just smile for the picture, baby!"
The years of Gloia Dei made this so much easier. For example I knew those blue shoes wouldn't work out for long, so I brought her tennis in her backpack. As we walked into the building she wanted to change because they were too big! Noted and done. Although I do have to say I felt a twinge of panic as the time was clicking down to the tardy bell. That was different!
Also different, her name:
I'm used to seeing her full first name, Anna-Marie (not just Anna). On some level, yes we saw that coming when we chose the name, but on another level I'm like, "really?" And then I wonder if it's something like I answered some question on the forms, like maybe: "Does your child go by another name?" and did I put "Anna?" I don't know! Ack! I think I'm ok with it, whatever. I was reviewing some of Anna's registration forms for accuracy today, and not only is her first name an apparent challenge (we saw coming), but the inevitable complexity of her middle name, which is that of my own, finally popped up after 5 years of correctness at Gloria Dei. Based on my own experience with the name we also knew what we were getting into. Her middle name (and mine) is Melaine. Like all other legal forms, including my drivers license, it's been transposed to Melanie my whole life. And herein it was caught (AND SHALL BE CORRECTED) on Anna's forms.
Congratulations, baby, you're officially on the public school system grid (in some fashion) and your mother's child. Also they listed her city of birth Houston (it's Webster, as on the birth certificate I had to submit). Oh good grief, our tax dollars at work.
Ok those are nits I can't help but point out for the record! But her school and her classroom is really neat and I know she enjoyed her fist day. Well, as far as we can tell, she enjoyed a soft taco for lunch, had PE, and made a new friend whose name she doesn't know, so it seems to be a success.
Her teacher gave her a wooden puzzle to work on (the likes of which I thought...er...for real? It's a sailboat) and Anna jumped right into it without so much as telling us bye! Paul and I hovered from the door but she was so busy with the puzzle she hadn't even noticed us there. So we left. No drama, no tears. Just a new day at a new school!
Mrs F has her back turned in this pic.
And that about wraps up her day! C picked up the kids and Anna got to hang out at their house for a few hours till I came home to get her.
And also school started for me tonight! Human Phys undergraduate teaching at UHCL.
Here comes fall!
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