The 2011-2012 school year has gotten underway for the kids. On Wednesday morning, they couldn't get ready fast enough. Tripp got out of bed, grabbed his rest mat and told me to get his bookbag and lunchbox....all while still standing in his pajamas. They were gearing to go.
It is so hard for me to believe that my son is in Kindergarten. I will admit that the transition was a little easier on us since he was already at the primary school last year for Pre-K. So, this year there were no tears on my part. Although it is definitely hard to accept that my son is getting so big, I know God has big things in store for him and it's my privilege to get to see what those things are.
I got this idea from Pinterest. I wasn't originally going to make one for Makinley since she isn't technically in official Pre-K yet, but I couldn't very well make her brother a sign and not make her one too!
She is, however, going all five mornings of the week and going home with a new sitter. So, it's a year of transitions for her as well.
We had to get a couple of family shots in on the first morning of a new school year.
Tripp loves his Kindergarten teacher. She is related to our friends the Seabolts, so she has known Joey forever. He also has several of his friends in his class...including his girlfriend Mary Cate. Tripp and MC have been in the same class for the last 3 years. I kind of think that they are each other's comfort each year during the changes.
And of course my girl is getting just as big. She was super excited about getting to go to school every day. She has one teacher on M,W,F and a different teacher on T, Th. So, she likes to tell me that her teachers are like a pattern and repeat their names in the right order!
They were EXHAUSTED Wednesday night. Flat wiped out. They were both asleep around 7:30 or 7:45. I've asked Mak's sitter to not make her take a nap this year. When she naps, she wants to stay up until 10:30 or 11:00. When she doesn't nap, she's asleep by 8 (most of the time). During the summer, she handled not napping extremely well. Granted, there were many mornings that she slept in until 9. I've noticed during these first few days of school, that between the hours of 4-7, she is very weepy. It seems like everything makes her cry. Makinley is not a "cryer" by nature, so I know she is worn out. However, it's like I told Joey, we either deal with her crying for a few hours in the late afternoon and still get time to ourselves, or we let her nap and she's up until we go to bed (happy as can be), but we get no time together. It's a trade-off.
As for me, I couldn't ask for my year to have started out any better. I have a super, super sweet group of kids. I am a collab teacher again this year, except it's with EIP students instead of Special Ed. So, it will be a little different for me. I'm putting a lot of work into redoing lesson plans and trying to figure out the best ways to teach these students that just struggle with learning. I'm partnered with Christen, and we have a full time parapro between the two of us and 2 EIP teachers that work with us as well. So, we have plenty of help. I'm expecting a great year.
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