A Week of Firsts
August 26 2009 02:21 PM
Tuesday evening, Collin had his first soccer game. It was fun to watch as he’d get in there and try to get the ball. At the very end, he was goalie, and was so excited about it, that he declared that he was going to goalie first at the next game. It rained during the game, and when it was finished, his head was soaked and I couldn’t tell if it was rain or sweat. His team didn’t make any goals, and the other team made one. I am glad that he enjoys playing soccer so much.
This morning was Collin’s first day of kindergarten. Last night, Matt talked with him and gave him a blessing, and we picked out which outfit he was going to wear and got his backpack all ready. This morning, after breakfast, I took some pictures of Collin and then at 8:25, we were out the door. I was a little uncertain of what we were supposed to do. I didn’t know if I was supposed to wait for the bell or what, so I just took him in to his class, and I was glad I did because most of the other students were already there. He walked in to the class room, and found his name at his place at one of the tables. Then he walked to the wall of cubbies, and found his name there as well and put his back pack away. When I figured he was settled enough, I left.
It was strange to be home in the morning without Collin around, and time both sped and crawled. I don’t know how that happens. I got the Annie and Michael loaded in to the car and went back to the school to pick him up. I was told that the class would be outside at the flagpole, so we sat on a bench and waited and waited. The principal walked by and laughed at all of us “cute little Kinder-mommies” that were waiting for our children and told us things must have gone well because she hadn’t heard of any problems. Finally, out they came and right away I saw my cute little Collin boy with his giant back pack. He was happy to see me but as he got closer, I could see that something was bothering him. I asked him what was wrong. He proceeded to tell me that at recess, none of the kids would play with him. He tried to play with a few of them, but they’d walked away from him. That was harder to hear than it was to leave him at kindergarten in the first place. But I told him that the first day, everyone is a bit shy, and in no time he’d be making lots of friends. He is okay about going back to school tomorrow, and hopefully, it will be a better day for him.
This morning was Collin’s first day of kindergarten. Last night, Matt talked with him and gave him a blessing, and we picked out which outfit he was going to wear and got his backpack all ready. This morning, after breakfast, I took some pictures of Collin and then at 8:25, we were out the door. I was a little uncertain of what we were supposed to do. I didn’t know if I was supposed to wait for the bell or what, so I just took him in to his class, and I was glad I did because most of the other students were already there. He walked in to the class room, and found his name at his place at one of the tables. Then he walked to the wall of cubbies, and found his name there as well and put his back pack away. When I figured he was settled enough, I left.
It was strange to be home in the morning without Collin around, and time both sped and crawled. I don’t know how that happens. I got the Annie and Michael loaded in to the car and went back to the school to pick him up. I was told that the class would be outside at the flagpole, so we sat on a bench and waited and waited. The principal walked by and laughed at all of us “cute little Kinder-mommies” that were waiting for our children and told us things must have gone well because she hadn’t heard of any problems. Finally, out they came and right away I saw my cute little Collin boy with his giant back pack. He was happy to see me but as he got closer, I could see that something was bothering him. I asked him what was wrong. He proceeded to tell me that at recess, none of the kids would play with him. He tried to play with a few of them, but they’d walked away from him. That was harder to hear than it was to leave him at kindergarten in the first place. But I told him that the first day, everyone is a bit shy, and in no time he’d be making lots of friends. He is okay about going back to school tomorrow, and hopefully, it will be a better day for him.
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