First Days Reports

Even more fun than sending the boys off on the adventure of the first day of school is welcoming them home afterward. I love to hear them tell about school.

Day 1: Sam, who was pretty anxious about the start of school and told me more than once that he would not be going, came home in Tigger mode. Bouncing from one couch to another he told the world, “I thought I wasn’t going to like second grade but I LOVE IT!” I did not doubt he would like school but I didn’t expect quite that much enthusiasm.

Jude briefed us on the rules of kindergarten: At lunch you cannot leave food on the table and you cannot leave food on the floor. You cannot “be like LUNCH LADY! LUNCH LADY! You just have to raise your hand and she will bring the trash can to you. Mom, there are a lot of rules at school.”

Day 2: Jude came off the bus looking a little worried. “I had kind of a hard day at school today.” No? Why do you say that? “Because I went out the classroom door before teacher and you’re not supposed to do that. Teacher always goes first.”

Sam reported that he’d been to the nurse’s office with a stomach ache. To treat this problem, she’d recommended that he have at least 5 treats per day. (This is explained in all seriousness. No hint of self-consciousness.) “Hmm, well, I think I’ll wait to do anything until I get a note from your teacher.” Oh, Mom, she can’t send you a note. Her computer is all out of notes.