Derek stayed home from work this morning so we both got up early and got ready before waking up the kids. When I went into Punky's room to wake her, her eyes popped open and she clapped her hands and yawned, "kindergarten!!!". This morning was an easy morning but I am not sure they will all be that way. About two weeks ago, they started sleeping late, sometimes as late as 9 o'clock. Hopefully we adjust to early bedtimes on school nights.
As soon as we saw the bus stop heading down the street, Punky started waving goodbye and joined the group of kids. We had to hold her back and tell her to give us a hug! (And then we realized it wasn't even her bus! Hers came a few minutes later.)
I started to tear up as I saw her walk to the back of the bus, then back to the front, looking for a seat. We were told that there was assigned seating on the buses, but Punky didn't see her name and no one was helping her find it. I felt so sad for her and there was nothing I could do to help her.
We made a last minute decision to jump in our car and meet her at school. We were able to see Punky walk into her classroom and find her seat. It was very reassuring throughout the day when I constantly thought of her.
Derek headed to work and Buddy and I went about our day while Punky was in school. We took our neighbor boy to the playground in the morning. Then in the afternoon, we did a few errands. Soon enough, it was time to pick Punky up from the bus. She was very happy to see us and said she had a great day. It was so difficult to get any information out of her. Payback, I guess. She did tell us a little, but mostly it was yes and no. She did great eating the hot lunch, which I was worried about. She played with some of her friends at recess and met new friends too. I think she'll do just fine!
This evening during dinner we had Punky explain her day to us. Poor Buddy was so jealous. He kept countering everything Punky said. Punky sat in the green group, well Buddy sat in the red group. Punky ate carrots at lunch, well Buddy ate broccoli. We finally stopped our conversation and asked Buddy about his REAL day and he was haivng nothing of it. He only wanted to pretend he was at kindergarten too. Tomorrow is his first day of daycare by himself. Wish us luck!
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