The First Day!

Parker, Kylee, Kearney and Ireland.

Yesterday was the first day of school. Before I go any farther the answer is no, the kids are not all in the same school yet. I know! I found out on Sunday that one of the secretaries at the district doesn't like me and she said 'I don't care if it is good for the kids, I am not moving them in to the same school because I don't like their mother'. Hello! Heaven forbid we actually do what is best for the kids. Anyway, that would be a whole different post....back to the story.

The kids all go up bright and early (6:15...YIKES!) to get ready for school. They had breakfast and Parker and Kylee hopped on their bikes and were off. I was so sad and worried about this. I wanted to take them their first day (couldn't because I had to take the twins, and of course they are at a different school) and make sure everything was okay. I was also worried about them biking across two busy streets with no crossing guards. They on the other hand were ecstatic! The twins were nervous. Ireland in particular. She kept saying 'I don't know how to do homework' in a very worried voice. I kept reassuring her that I would be here to help her and that she didn't need to worry about it. She then told me that she was scared to go to school, covered up her mouth, ran to the bathroom and promptly threw up! Poor little girl! Good thing she hadn't eaten yet. She ended up eating a piece of toast for breakfast because she was too worried to be able to eat anything else.

I walked the two of them to their school and as we got there they saw that they had three friends already in their class. Do you think that helped to calm Ireland? Nope. She kept clinging to my hand and wanted to make sure that I was not going anywhere. Kearney was not clinging, but she sure wasn't leaving my side. The teacher finally came out and opened the door and told the kids to go and find the cubby with their name on it. Kearney ran to the one that started with a K. Unfortunately, there are plenty of names that start with a K and it was not hers. She quickly found hers and they both held hands and went and sat down. They did not let go of each other's hands and were making sure that I was not going anywhere. It finally came time for me to leave and I quickly went home to enjoy my time. I have found in last two days that half day kindergarten is not long enough! haha

When I went to pick them up from school they were both so happy. No more nerves and they said that they loved school. No homework! (phew!) They showed me the letter they were writing (A a) and that they wanted to go early tomorrow to eat breakfast at school. Pretty good day, I'd say. Parker and Kylee got off at noon and when I asked how it went this was Parker's response. "I have the best 3rd grade teacher. She doesn't make our class work as hard as the other classes. Isn't that great?!" Well....we'll see how that goes when the homework starts coming! lol Parker informed me that Kylee couldn't find him after school because she was looking by his class and he was waiting for her by the bikes but "don't worry mom, we have it all figured out". I guess the biking is going to work out.

This morning the kids were off and I took the twins to breakfast. The parents are not allowed to go in to the cafeteria (too small) so I waited outside for them. After 25 minutes I peeked in and they were just sitting there. I went over to them and told them we had to get to class. Ireland was crying! She said a lady had told her that she couldn't move so she was going to miss her class. One of the teachers thought that they came and picked up the kinder students and took them to class (they do that for the lunch kids), but they don't do that at breakfast. The principal and I were able to calm Ireland down and we headed off to class. She (Ireland) was gripping my hands and wanted to make sure I was coming in to her class. (I wasn't) She seemed okay when she went in, and Kearney was thrilled with the whole thing.

I have noticed something interesting about the two of them. With a few things Ireland is a lot more adventurous (i.e. putting up her hands on the roller coasters, while Kearney is not quite sure about it) but with most things she is a lot more nervous that Kearney. Kearney is the first in the pool, no fears with school. She is much more 'I will try it' while Ireland lets her and then she might try it herself!