Wow, what a day today and what a week. (I should probably warn all that is is a super sappy blog) I'll start from the beginning. Monday we did meet the teacher and supply drop off night. Her teacher did a great job of having them put all their supplies away so that they would learn where things are around the room. Tuesday Rob and I went to the school to meeting with all the parents of her class to learn about the curriculum that they would go through this year and where the expect them all to end up at the end of the year. Last night it all set in to me. I realized that our life was about to change drastically. Sure we've gone to an organized daycare center for a long time but this is school. This is the start of a big chapter of her life.
This is her teacher Mrs. Meyer. Mrs. Meyer seems like an amazing teacher. She did home visits a few weeks ago where she actually came to our house and spent 10 mins just talking with Paige. She didn't really talk to Rob and I, it was nice to see Paige just getting 1 on 1 attention. She told Paige this morning before the day started that she just knew she was going to get her mixed up with another girl in her class named Emma. I asked Paige tonight if Mrs. Meyer called her Emma she told me only once.
Today was a day I thought I could handle with no problem at all, I mean how much harder could it be then taking your brand new baby and handing them to a stranger at daycare. I'll tell you it was equally as hard. We took Henry to daycare around the same time as usual. He knew something was up when Paige didn't go with him. Then Rob and I took Paige out to Dunkin Donuts just us three.
After we took pictures at home (when did she become so grown up). The three of us walked over the her school. We've learned after all of these meetings and how close the school is there is no reason for us to try and park over there.
We waited in the hallway for the bell to ring so that we could walk her down to her room. She saw a lot of her friends from daycare and passed out a lot of hugs to those friends. It was real interesting to watch how she handles the anxiety of starting something new and the fear of the unknown. I'll tell you she handles it exactly like I do. I knew exactly where she was in her head while we were waiting. I just wanted to tell her it's not worth all of the worry. So the bell rang and Rob and I walked her down to her room. We gave our hugs and kisses and she was ready to go. We told her have a great day and we'll see you tonight. I took the below picture and was feeling great about it all. Then she turned around looked me square in the eye with a look I will never forget, a look that told me Mom are you sure I can do this. I held back my tears and told her she would kill it. I told her she would do great today and she turned back around and walked into her room. I then grabbed Rob's hand and said yeah I need to leave now. I tried to keep the tears back as I walked down the hall and the minute we made it outside I was done. I'm not much of a crier but man that little girl knows how to get me. Every time someone asked me today how it went or how I was doing I just smiled and said maybe I'll talk about it tomorrow. But considering I'm sitting her crying while typing this I doubt I'll talk about it tomorrow.
I am happy to report she had an AMAZING day. She said she made new friends, she learned how to work the school lunch process, went to her new after school care, and got to hang out with some old friends as well. The first question I asked her was are you going to go back tomorrow. She looked at me smiled and said YEP!
We started a new tradition of going out for Mexican to celebrate.
We then came home to relax and prepare for tomorrow. Paige fell asleep on the floor before 7:15 tonight and we took her to bed. Henry is still yelling from his room trying to stay awake.
All in all we survived the first day of Kindergarten. I can't wait to watch her grow and change. I can't wait to hear all about the new things that she's learning. My baby has grown up and I couldn't be more excited for her.
