i do all my own blogs: first day of kindergarten

today was hayden michael's first day of kindergarten! he couldn't WAIT to walk to the bus stop this morning.
there were only 2 other kids at the bus stop. yet another day and another reminder that yes, we are sending our child to redford schools. there were mullets and tails and smoking and talk of how he's not afraid of cops. cops around here think you should be afraid of them just because they have a badge, but he's not. and one time a cop wanted him to go wake his daughter up and he said "i ain't waking my daughter up! you can if you want her that badly."
oh. and did i forget to mention that one of the little boys names was legoless? i just thought it was a horrible name. like maybe these people didn't have enough money to buy the dream set of legos they wanted right around the time she gave birth. then when we got home, dave informed me it's even worse than i imagined. it's the name of a frickin' elf from lord of the rings.
oh hayden, i'm so sorry.
so anyway. the bus stop is just 2 doors down from us, on the same side of the street which is great. it was supposed to come around 8:44am but it didn't end up coming until just after 9am. when school starts. dave was even able to go into work late so he could see hayden off on his very first day.
hayden went right on in and headed to a window seat where he sat and waved goodbye to us. i only had a couple of tears in my eyes...not nearly the emotion that i had last year when i sent him off on the bus for preschool. i was glad i had gotten it out of the way last year! but it still was sad to think that this is it. he is now officially in school. i can't just let him skip a day to go pick apples because it's only preschool. dave seems to think that i can still take him out for a reason like that, but i'll try to set a good example.
when the bus pulled away, we headed back home and hung out in a much quieter than normal house. i had forgotten what it sounds like with just talan around! after a bit talan and i headed out to toys r us for the big train sale to get some early christmas shopping done. something i didn't forget is how great it is to be able to go shopping with a kid that has no clue and won't remember that he actually played with one of his gifts in the cart the day you (or santa) bought it.
we came back home and waited around for hayden to come home and hear all about his day. i had gotten a phone call before we left for the store telling me that the bus was actually going to be dropping him off at our house each afternoon around 12:18pm which is perfect.
i waited outside, armed with my camera, and the bus pulled up probably about 12:25 or so. hayden came bounding happily off the bus showing me his new and improved name tag. the first thing he said? "i gotta go in and eat lunch now! i'm starving!" yeah, right.
he told me he had cinnamon graham crackers for snack and that 3 kids from his old class are in his kindergarten class. nicholas, elijah and hailey.
when i asked him if he learned anything he said "yeah, lots" but didn't go into specifics. i asked if he learned any letters today and he told me "no. and i already know all of my letters, mom!" stupid me.
he did tell me he got a little warning when he went down the slide before waiting for the person in front of him to go off but his card still stayed on green and didn't move to a yellow. AND he didn't even push anyone today! ahhh, progress.
in his backpack was a little rhyme from his teacher about letting him go off to kindergarten which made me tear up more than the bus actually did. and at the bottom was a picture of his whole class. how great are digital cameras?!
all in all it seems like hayden had a great day! now he'll start soccer tomorrow and get ready for a full week of school next week!