I’ve been excited all day long thinking about kids starting their very first days of school today. There’s Jesse with his new short haircut, and Dawson and Ava and Cadence (far away in Ohio, so I don’t know when her first day really is). In another year I’ll be the parent of a kindergarten student and so I can’t help but wonder how the mamas—Heidi, Christine, Tara and Julie–are all doing. I’m pretty sure I’ll be the parent who returns to the safety of her car for a good cry, but who knows, perhaps I’ll grow more stoic in the next year. ; )
Happy first day to all the students returning to LPS today!
6 Comments
Melissa Marsh Aug 21, 2008 3:34 PM
I’m not ashamed to admit I cried on my daugther’s first day of kindergarten- more so because SHE cried and didn’t want me to leave the room! It was very hard for me to do, but I knew that I had to slip out as soon as I could and let her leave that last shred of babyhood behind.
Kerri Aug 21, 2008 6:35 PM
Any tears I had were tears of joy. Especially when the seventh and last one headed into the kindergarten room.
But then I’ve been told that I’m dead inside.
Lindsey Aug 21, 2008 11:00 PM
Kerri, if you were AT the school on your kids’ first day of kindergarten, you’ve got one up on my mom. She loaded my sister and I onto the bus, waved goodbye and walked back to the house (with a heart of triumph, no doubt). When I got to school, my sister dropped me in the doorway of my classroom. I wandered in, the teacher helped me find my cubby, and I sat next to my best friend and did finger paints. I have good memories of that day.
Bethany Aug 22, 2008 9:35 AM
I believe the only tears on the first day of kindergarten were mine. Some sort of trauma involving name tags pinned on with straight pins…
Renae Aug 22, 2008 9:47 AM
Hoo, boy. I can cry just thinking about it FIVE YEARS from now. I do hope, for Simon’s sake, that I’ll be able to hold off until after he’s safely in the classroom. If not, Jason might not let me go at all. :)
Christine Aug 24, 2008 2:52 PM
Oh, how sweet to be mentioned on your blog. Thanks for thinking of us. Dawson couldn’t wait to be with 20 other kids for 6 hours straight. Have I mentioned that I think he will run for president? Don’t tell him that yet…much too early to start a fruitful campaign. Anyway, I was a little sad…no tears. There were plenty of other moms doing that for me. Anyway, by the second day he didn’t even want me to walk him up to the door. So bashful…it’s such a shame.