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Kindergarten

The long anticipated day arrived! Dylan started kindergarten on Tuesday. He woke up early and got himself all dressed and ready. His huge smile is only partly enthusiasm for school. It is mostly because he saved up enough money to buy a new webkinz stuffed animal and I took him to buy it before school started. Thank you, 9:20 start time!Here he is in front of his school. The smile is a little smaller...
We made it into the classroom and the smile gets a little smaller...
He took his spot on the rug and the smile disappeared, but he walked right over and sat down. There wasn't any hesitation.
I called his name to wave goodbye...
At this point I knew he was a little nervous but just fine. I was fine too. It wasn't too much different from taking him to preschool or summer day camp. There was a mom drying her eyes as I walked out but it wasn't until day 2 when he drove away on the bus (more about that later) that I shed a few tears. When I came back to pick him up at the end of the day he was all smiles:
He's standing on the Earth with his name on it. His favorite things about school: Three recesses! Lunch in the cafeteria- there's even hot lunch! A big playground for sunny days and a sheltered playground for rainy days (welcome to Seattle!) Music on Tuesdays, P.E. on Wednesdays, and Library on Thursday. School is a big hit.

On his second day I put him on the school bus. I wanted to take a picture but we missed the bus Wednesday morning and so I followed the bus and frantically ran to make sure he got on at the next stop and in the hurry I didn't get a picture. Maybe tomorrow I'll get a picture. He loves to ride the bus and it is sweet to see his little smiling face in the window as he waves goodbye to me.
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Michelle S. said…
Happy Kindergarten, Dylan! Barrett started today. I am now the only child home at our house. Heaven!
September 4, 2008 at 9:49 PM
FoxyJ said…
Congrats on kindergarten! S-Boogie started last week, but it's sort of anti-climatic because she only goes three hours a day and they have the same curriculum she used in preschool. Blah. By the way, she keeps asking when we'll go to Seattle and see our friends :)
September 4, 2008 at 10:48 PM
myrna said…
I love it! What an enthusiastic guy! He is ready to take on the world, so it is fitting that the teacher used the World for name stickers! You will love going through this year with him ;) Hang in there, Mom! and what a fun thing for Caitlin to get her alone time with Mom & Dad. woohoo!
September 5, 2008 at 8:09 AM
Julie said…
He looks so grown up! I hope he has a fantastic year. I have been loving having the mornings to spend with just Bella. She is sad for a minute when we take Ben and Sophie to school, but then we get home and do puzzles or color together, and she loves it.
September 5, 2008 at 8:28 AM
gwyn said…
I love the shiny new jeans and the well combed hair! He looks so big. I can also relate to the dwindling smile - Eve did the same thing - but he looked so happy a the end of the day and that's what counts. Hope the bus is going more smoothly. It always makes me choke up, too. Why are those bus stairs so huge?! It makes the kids seem even smaller.
September 5, 2008 at 2:16 PM
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