Jimmy started Kindergarten at Washington Elementary on Tuesday August 28, 2012 so it's been exactly a week now. However, it feels like he's been going to school for 2 months because everyday I'm on an emotional roller coaster and it's all his teacher's fault.
This is my first experience with Kindergarten teachers and I don't know if all of them are alike but Jimmy's teacher does things that make me cry all the time. Please don't get me wrong - Mrs. Smith is WONDERFUL and is as sweet as a Disney Princess with an equally beautiful singing voice but the stuff she does gets me reachin' for tissue every time.
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| Exhibit A: Mrs. Smith mails a letter to Jimmy (he LOVES getting mail) to be opened the night before the first day of school. It has a poem about how he is probably excited, worried and having so many thoughts and questions in his mind and how he might not be able to sleep. So she sent him some magic confetti to put under his pillow that will help him have a great night's rest so that he will wake up for his first day fresh and energized. She also sprinkled magic confetti under her own pillow because she cannot wait to meet him! (cry) |
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| Jimmy's class room |
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| Jimmy was super excited about his first day - I think the magic confetti helped! |
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It was hectic on the first day - lots of kids and their parents. I was okay, not even teary eyed until... (see Exhibit B)
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| Exhibit B: Mrs. Smith give each parent THIS as we leave the classroom on the first day. Pete tells me not to read it until I get in the car. (cry and CRY. I tried to translate it for my mom and couldn't do it without dissolving into sobbing tears) |
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| Exhibit C: A few days later, Mrs. Smith gives each child a booklet to introduce herself. She has two young kids and loves pizza and peanut butter jelly sandwiches. It's so sweet and Jimmy LOVES reading it. He says "Mommy, I love her SO SO much. Do you love her?" "Yes Jimmy - I LOVE HER!!!!!" |
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| Exhibit D: Today, a week after school starts we get this - a little gift she helped the kids' put together. (cry - not too much this time. Pete comments that Jimmy's hand is bigger than the paper) |
