But one thing I was never worried about was him being excited for the first day, because his excitement was in high supply.
The night before he got to stay up a half hour longer and watch his favorite show "Slugterra" and eat a bedtime snack, while Mom and Dad made his lunch and got his school supplies labeled and packed.
He was SO excited to wear his new clothes that he had bought just a couple days earlier. He even helped Mom lay them out for the next day.
That morning after breakfast and getting dressed he was even willing to stand for some pictures for Mom.
He kept reminding us not to be late.
And he couldn't forget giving his sisters a big hug goodbye, unprompted.
...even if it was forceful goodbyes ... |
So before too long off we went. (My sister came to babysit so that Shea and I could drop off and pick him up together for the first day.)
Walking up to the school and seeing it all made it even more exciting for him, he was bursting!
And then as we walked through the doors you could see his face immediately turn to his shy and nervous side, no eye contact, holding on to Dad, no response to any questions; fortunately this isn't a new thing for him so it wasn't surprising.
We came to his class and although he wouldn't talk or look away from the floor, he sat down at the table his teacher told him too and grabbed his backpack and lunchbox from us and was nervous but okay.
I loved that Shea had him come back and give us hugs before we left, it was just pure sweetness as he fumbled trying to pick who to hug first and nervously hugged us and looked us up and down to say "love you".
As we left Shea and I both couldn't believe how nervous we were, and teary eyed, as we talked about it if he'd like it and what things he would be scared of or which things he'd love or the things that would be hard.
Shea was then off to work and the day went by fast before he was home again for pick up.
We waited and waited outside his school doors so anxious for Connor.
Seeing his face light up when he saw us was one of my favorite things, I think it always will be.
Then he walked with us intentionally holding each of our hands. (BEST MOMENT EVER!)
Connor talked a lot about his day and we bombarded him with questions about it, for awhile after.
We loved hearing all his answers even if they didn't make sense.
... How was school? Good. Did you have gym? Yeah but I had to imagine it. Did you make any friends? Yeah. Whats his name? Its a girl, she didn't say her name ... my friend isn't in my class. Was she at recess? Yeah, and the park doesn't have swings it got kinda boring. Does it have monkey bars? Yes, but i tried them and fell. I missed you guys. We missed you too! But school sounds so fun. Did you eat lunch in your classroom or the cafeteria? The lunch room it had a lot of tables and different people. ... What did you do? We took naps. Did Dad go to work? Yes. ... Did you miss your sister? Nope just my parents. ... I got lost. Did you find your teacher? No my teacher wasn't there. Where did you go? I was in the lunchroom. But I found my place. ... The class part's kinda boring. ...
As you can tell it's not just Mom missing our kindergartner. |
It is seriously the beginning of a whole new stage and is scary for us.
Especially me.
I already miss my little boy at home.
Wild as he may be.
He is a huge helper and shows SO much LOVE all the time.
He just makes everything fun.
For now we are still finding a routine at home without Connor which actually has changed a lot, but seeing Connor come home full of smiles and happiness is the absolute best.
And everyone is anxious to snuggle with him and be with him, even if he is exhausted from getting smart all day.
I wish it could last forever, like this.
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