Jaden Meets His Teacher

I know, I know. I have been completely lazy with this whole blogging thing. That said, I just hadn't had much to write about that anyone would in the least bit find interesting. Well, today Jaden went to his new school and met his new kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Hayes in room 10. He had to wear his backpack to take in his school supplies. There is something magical about the first backpack. I guess it makes starting school real, and it has a really cool Spiderman on the front and cool pockets on the inside that hold two pencils and a big one that can hold his cool lion and hippo erasers.

Anyway, back to meeting the teacher and seeing the school.... We walked in the amazingly crowded front doors and paid the $6 registration fee and then went to another table to meet his bus driver. She was an older lady with greasy short hair and a raspy voice, who seems nice enough, but my son gave me a funny look as we walked on to find his classroom. As we walk down the hall, my son looks at the room numbers 1, 2, 3, ... 7, 8, 9, and then he finds the long awaited 10!

We go in and see moms and kids walking all over and putting together their kids supply cubbies and signing up to volunteer. His teacher sees us and walks over to Jaden and asks him his name. She is very sweet and will be just wonderful for my ever sensitive little boy. She showed him where the coat hooks and the cubbies are and he ever so anxiously found his name. We put together his supplies and while I signed up for volunteering, he drew a self portrait and wrote his name. She took his picture and tried to talk to him. My shy little Jaden said very little, but she was very good about it. This is her first year at this school so I don't know anything about her and it makes me a little nervous.

I hope she will be patient with my little perfectionist, and comforting and careful with my little sensitive boy, and challenging with my smart little boy who can already read (very well) and do some addition and subtraction. All these hopes and worries can make me insane. I hope he finds his classroom and doesn't miss the bus on the way home. I hope he makes new friends (all his current friends are either in the 1st grade or in Mrs. Ishino's class). As a mom, you worry so much. You don't want your child to be lonely or sad, and I know I'm just being paranoid. Kids make friends so easy and fast.

Anyway, school starts on Thursday. Yes, just two days away and I'm a wreck! Doesn't August 17th sound so early to start school? He's so excited it is finally here.