Kindergarten starts

Friends

Today was the big day

[Queue dramatic music]

The first day of KINDERGARTEN…..

And we were ready. Daniel had been somewhat nervous about kindergarten throughout the summer. Partially from the unknown, we think, but also partially because some kid scared him about it.

But, over the course of the last couple of weeks, D was starting to get excited. He got to visit the school and see the classrooms, library and music rooms. He got to meet his new teacher Mr. M, and discovered that some of his playschool friends will be in his class and KEP (kindergarten enrichment program – kindergarten is otherwise just half-days). And during the 1-on-1 assessment, he had a great time, impressed the teacher with his reading skills, and generally aced it.

So we were ready.

And then Daniel woke up this morning and didn’t want to get out of bed. Said he had a tummy-ache and didn’t want to go to school. We figured the nerves were back.

But, no worries, we know how to get him refocused on having fun. So breakfast was turned into pink waffles and pink milk. This, in preparation for the lobster tail that was going to be for his celebration dinner (it’s pink, the food is pink, there’s a theme here – bear with us). Still a little bit of a tummy ache, which we wrote off as ""butterflies in your tummy” – a c0ncept he and Rachel thought was just weird.

Off we went, and since school is just a block-and-a –half from our house, we biked. Given the traffic with parents dropping kids off, it’s much faster, anyway. And we were pretty excited the whole way there, and amazed at the number of kids playing on OUR playground when we got there.

We barely had time to get a name tag and get in line for KEP before everyone marched into the school. Some kids were crying, but most were fine. Daniel had a slightly anxious look on his face, but walked on in. Anida didn’t cry…

And so we went home and to work.

About 80 minutes later, we got a call that Daniel had vomited, and was at the Nurse’s office. Given what he had for breakfast, it was quite a sight, I’m sure.

We’re still not sure if it was nerves, or whether that tummy-ache had been a symptom of a bug all along. He’s been home and resting ever since, with minimal appetite and still some claims of tummy aches.

So we’ll try again tomorrow.

Love, ADRE