Will's First Day of School

Will's first day of school was Wednesday, August 21.  He was rather nervous the day before during orientation, but while he was there he met a girl who would be in his class so he was excited to see her again.

 

I had explained to him beforehand that he would have to wake up earlier than he normally does to get to school.  Actually it's a lot earlier.  School starts at 7:50 so we leave the house by 7:30 or 7:35.  As Will has said before, he's not a "get up and go" type person so he has to be up by 6:30 (his normal time is between 7:30 and 8!).  I asked him how he'd like me to wake him up.  His first thought was for me to give him a wedgie!!  That seemed funny to him right then but since I was pretty certain he wouldn't see the comedy in it at 6:30 a.m., I tried to help him think of a different idea!  He then decided he wanted to wake up like daddy, so we put an alarm clock in his room.  Jerry showed him how to hit the snooze button to turn off the alarm.  I was really surprised that he heard the alarm because he never has before (at hotels, etc.).  It worked really well because he hit the snooze button and got to lay in bed to wake up a bit before I came in 10 minutes later. 

 

The first day went really smoothly.  He was smiling going in and coming home.  I smiled until he was out of sight then cried!  Thankfully Jerry had taken the day off with me, knowing that I'd be having empty nest syndrome.  Isn't he the best husband ever?!  I am so blessed! 

 

The second day was a different story.  It was like preschool all over again with the tears.  His main complaint was not wanting to leave so early of course.  But like preschool he recovered quickly.  That afternoon we talked about it and opted to try to get to bed earlier.  : )

 

By Friday he was back to himself again and went off to school happily.

 

I have been thankful because unlike preschool, he had actually been willing to talk about his day - some.  I don't get a lot of detail but I did learn that he spilled his milk on his friend Sarah's shoe the first day, but she wasn't mad.  : )  He liked recess, played with red bouncey balls (kick balls) in gym, recited for me the months of the year song he learned, watched Bearenstain Bears Too Much Birthday, sits on the green line while waiting for his name to be called for dismissal at the end of the day, and he missed ice cream on Friday because he mistakenly thought that if he got in the cafeteria line during snack time he'd have to get something besides ice cream, "like fish or something."  Poor kid!    

 

 

A big smile on his first day!

Still smiling at the end of the day.