Aidan's first day of Kindergarten was great. He had already met his teacher the Thursday before, and he had a chance to see his classroom and the school. He said how excited he was, but a little nervous too.
The night before his first day of school, we read a poem from his teacher that included "jitter glitter"; which was a small bag of glitter that he was supposed to sprinkle under his pillow to calm him down so he could sleep. It was adorable!
Daddy even helped him sprinkle a little under his bed too...you know, just to be sure.
He only one had one moment of tears while we were getting ready when he said "I don't wanna go to school"! But he got over it almost instantly when I reminded him he would be making all sorts of new friends that morning.
I planned on driving him and we decided to walk him into his classroom on the first day, and it went very smoothly!
He found his name on the table, and sat down and started getting situated and I took off pretty quickly so he couldn't change his mind, haha.
Mason and I headed home and I got so much done, even though Mason was super bored without Aidan. But it's ok, because the next day Mason started preschool and he'll go the same hours as Aidan on Tues, Wed & Thurs.
Sadly we may need to find Mason another preschool closer to home because the one he's at now is just too far from home to drive during morning and afternoon rush hours. I find myself in the car for far too long between waiting in Aidan's drop-off/pick-up line at school, and sitting in traffic heading to Kingwood for Mason. The plan needs to be rethunk, I think. Perhaps Aidan may even start riding the bus instead too.
I have lots of details to tweak now that we've done the first week and I've seen how it all goes.
I didn't cry on Aidan's first day, contrary to what Ryan said was going to happen. Instead, I relished in the thought of a few hours of peace to get stuff done around the house, and getting groceries alone without screaming kids.
I did have a teary meltdown the night before though, thinking about how sad I was that my Dad wasn't around anymore to see Aidan's first day. But I know Dad was with him, and he was even using the backpack Grandpa got him last year for his new preschool in TX, so all was well.
