today hayden and i headed to his new school, macgowan, for his kindergarten registration. and tomorrow will be his first day of school.
we received a call this morning tell us his bus schedule. he will be picked up 2 houses down from ours around 8:44am and will be dropped off around 12:20pm. our days won't be too much different from his preschool years, they just get started a little later which is fine by me!
dad came over to watch talan so i could just be with hayden and not have to worry about a growling, running around baby. we found hayden's classroom (the koala room) and lined up outside where he will line up every morning before school starts.
we met his teacher, mrs. holmes, and the assistant teacher, mrs. arnett. both seem really nice. poor teachers.
when we walked into hayden's classroom we were sent on a scavenger hunt to find things like the housekeeping area, blocks on a shelf, bathroom, cubby holes, etc. when he found everything on the list he was able to pick a sticker and a pencil.
hayden was then able to play with some of the toys that were set out on the tables for a bit.
he knew one little boy from preschool last year, but unfortunately he will be in the afternoon class instead of morning with hayden.
while the kids were playing i was able to look around and realize that we really were in redford. one mother was there dressed up nice and fancy in her rose colored sweatpants. one mom brought not only her kindergartner, but also her 3ish year old with a pacifier and her two babies that were dressed in nothing more than a diaper. awesome.
after the kids cleaned up they all sat on the rug and played a little game with the teacher and then moved over to the reading area where they sang two songs, read a book and the teacher wrote them a little message on the board.
from there, all of the kids went outside while the parents stayed inside and heard a little more about what they would be doing in school this year.
after that was probably hayden's favorite part, the point where he got a popsicle while leaving.
he seemed to have a good time and was really excited about starting school tomorrow. he was already more than willing to throw his hand up and answer questions whenever they were asked. and even when they weren't asked.
i haven't been too emotional about the whole thing and i'm hoping that i got it all out of my system last year when i put him on the bus for the first time. it still is a big step knowing that it's kindergarten though. so we'll see how it goes. i do think we are both ready for him to start back to school though!
waiting to go inside:
at least he's raising his hand. although he doesn't realize that not EVERYONE gets called on so he got a little upset about that:
found his cubby...and his name was even written in his favorite color! he was quite excited about that:
hayden's kindergarten classroom:
play time:
circle time:
mrs. holmes. she has no idea what she's getting herself into this year:
"hello hayden" "hello mrs. holmes":
singing time:
he has all the answers:
story time:
in the car on the way home he asked if he could have a popsicle at home. "but i haven't had a popsicle at home yet" was his logic:
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