We met his teacher.
He took all of his school supplies to his classroom.
He got to see where his "workstation" is. (what happened to the word desk)
He found his book cubbie, his mailbox, his "locker" and where he is supposed to line up in the morning once he has gotten to school.
He observed his new classmates. (I encouraged him many times to say hi to his new friends and he just stared at me and shook his head no)
I'm not ready.
How can I get over the idea of putting him on that bus and trusting that he will make it to the school, he will walk to the gym, he will stand in the right line, he will go to the right classroom and that he will not be afraid to ask for help if he gets lost. I think on Friday I may put him on the bus, get in my car, drive to the school and hide behind the bushes and watch for him. This could be a bad idea as I'm sure someone will call the cops on me and accuse me of wanting to kidnap a child. I'm also not sure how easily I can hide considering my description would be the giant pregnant lady with the 2 year old girl who kept trying to run away from her.
I'm not ready.
How can I be sure that he eats all of his lunch and am I supposed to be giving him milk money? If they give him the choice of white or chocolate he is going to choose chocolate milk every time. Who will be there to say, "Liam I think we both know that your mother would disapprove of you drinking chocolate milk for the third day in a row. And don't even think about drinking that juice over there. It will rot your teeth out."
I'm not ready.
Who will be there to tell the bully to stop picking on my child? Who will be there to tell Liam to stop being the bully and to be nice and share? Who will he sit next to on the bus? Will he know what bus stop to get off at?
I'm not ready. Clearly I am "that mom" that every kindergarten teacher dreads. But I also can't wait.
I can't wait to see how excited he is going to be to ride the bus for the first time. I can't wait to see him get off the bus and hear all about his day. I can't wait to hear about his new friends and what they did to make him laugh. I can't wait to see how much smarter he will get because his new teacher seems really awesome and nice.
I'm not ready but I can't wait. This year is going to be awesome!
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