Kindegarten Orientation Comments

Last Friday I took the day off so my son and I could be ready for kindergarten orientation at school by 10:00. We walked in the front door which is unsual for us and he was lead to one room to "play" while parents went to the other. My lovely husband noticed the lack of dad's there, but I told him that is was good for him to see that both his parents value his education! As I was sitting there trying to listen to the presentation, the teacher (and mom) in me wanted to get up and see how well he was doing on the informal tests. I asked him later in the day how he thought he did and his reply was, "I think I missed a few of the letters because they were out of order!" How cute!

We left school and went to the doctors office in order to have an added eye exam because of new state guidelines. After that we met dad for lunch at his favorite Mexican restaurant. For a special treat we went to the movies to see Horton Sees a Who! It was great - we were the only ones in the theater. If you have not seen Horton yet I highly recommend it. The neat part was during the movie I had a connection to how small the speck was that Horton was trying to save to us here on Earth. I thought that Horton was a lot like God trying to protect us specks. It's amazing how a different perspective can be eye opening!

I think he is ready for kindergarten - the only problem is, I'm not. I know this may sound crazy but I have already gone school supply shopping. I got most everything on the list for only $30.00. Fall of last year, I went ahead and ordered his bookbag with his name/horse logo from L.L. Bean since they were having a sale. It is just his size - I guess I watch the kinders as they go by my room in the morning and notice that half of the bookbags overpower them.

The good part about our school is that as teachers we get to request who our child has - when asked by a staff member who my son will have - my reply was I have known since birth (or at least the first week of his life) because we were visited by him and I have the cutest picture of him holding him in the nursery. My plan is to have a copies made of the picture along with the first day of school for the future scrapbook for both the teacher and him.

Since I have spent the last three summers getting my masters - I hope this summer my son and I can make-up for lost time. The way gas prices are going I think that I might have to be a little bit more careful planning. Just today a couple of teachers and myself have planned two trips to the zoo (each continent separately) - at least we can carpool and share in the cost of gas. We are calling our group - Zoo Pals!