First Day of School

I thought about the movie Finding Nemo as my son was getting ready for school Monday. Nemo's dad prepares to take his son to school as Nemo shouts "First day of school, First day of school." The dad is just a little nervous about sending his son to school this year, maybe he can start the next. Nemo was so excited about starting school, he was swimming around in circles. Of course many of you know what happens in the movie, Nemo does not obey his dad gets taken and in the end are reunited.

So, as I prepared him for his first day of school, was I like Nemo's father, overprotective, wishing I had just one more year. What do you think? NO WAY! I know that sounds bad. I was a little scared for him, but my son is so independent, I knew he would be OK. Now, many know how high strung (putting it lightly) my child is, my thoughts were "Am I going to get a phone call the first day, bad reports?" As I went through some of my daily chores the phone did ring, but not one from the school.

Anyway, back to when I dropped him off, I went down a rabbit trail. He did not want me to go in with him, I actually had to do the begging in order to walk in with him. He said he could walk in by himself, he did not need me. Then I realized how big he was getting and he wanted to face some challenges on his own. Or, he was just embarrassed by me already. I convinced him that other parents were walking in their kids and it would be nice if he would let me walk him in as well. So, he finally agreed and we went in. We set his things at his desk, I got ready to go and asked him for a kiss and a hug, what was I thinking? He, of course said NO! That it would embarrass other kids. I just left and went home.

I went and picked him up and when we got home we talked about his day. I guess I am always asking "What did you do?" A question that is often asked in my home to find out what Bryce has gotten in to, done to his brother and so on. The answer I got was:

"I did not hold on to the rope two times and I would not pay attention to the music, so the teacher made me lay my head on my desk, because I would not listen to her." What I really was asking was what did he do at school. He said, they played, took a nap, and the teacher read a book to them.

The teacher sends a notebook home daily to let us know how well they are doing, he received a ranger face, basically a happy face with a hat on. This face means "BEST". He did let us know that two girls came up to him and asked if he would be their friend.

That was his first day.