Day #5

First of all, thanks to all of you who responded to my last post. I appreciate your comments, e-mails, and phone calls! The rest of Evelyn’s week has been much better than the first day. (And, therefore, my week has been better, too!) Evelyn is making friends, and enjoying her class. And she’s super-excited about getting “tickets” for good behavior. (Every time she accumulates 10 tickets, she gets to choose a prize. This morning she was anticipating that today is the day she would get to 10!)

Here’s my little Evie this morning, on Day #5 of Kindergarten. Her school is the Wakefield Mustangs, and today was the day to dress like cowgirls and cowboys. She’s cute, isn’t she?? :)

Kindergarten? Already?

 

 

 

Did you notice how quickly you just looked through those pictures? That’s how quick our time with Evelyn has been. It really seems like she was just born.

Today she started Kindergarten. I’ve been dreading this day (unbeknownst to her), and she’s been eagerly looking forward to this day. I’ve cried when she’s not around, and acted excited when she is around.

This morning, Brad woke her up a little earlier than usual. He’s been promising her he’d do that when she starts Kindergarten, so they can have time to read the Bible and pray and sing together. That was a sweet time, even though she wasn’t feeling well from a yucky cold, and I’m glad I got to join them for that.

She was excited as she got dressed, and we left as a family to take her to school.

 

Her heart was fluttering with excitement, as she walked towards the school.

We all went into the gym to wait for the teachers to call their students.

Evie said “good-bye” to everyone….

 

Then her teacher called her name, and she joined her class and walked away with them….

{If anyone can tell me if it’s possible to make that last picture un-blurried, I’d be ever-so-grateful! }

And my heart is breaking.

And my tears are coming down.

How can she be going to school? Should I be so upset about this???

One of my main consolations was that I knew she would enjoy it. But when I picked her up after school, and she started crying and saying that it was an awful day and she didn’t want to go back tomorrow, that just about did me in.

So I’m in a difficult place now, and so is she. Right now she doesn’t know there’s any other option besides staying at that school. We’re going to wait a bit longer, and see how things go. But if they don’t improve, I’m going to need some input from those of you that home-school!

Any of you parents who have been through this before, please feel free to share your advice and wisdom with me!!!

Goodnight for now.

Hook ‘Em Horns?!!???!?!??!!

Abby and Colin, I don’t know how you did it. How have you influenced my very own offspring to make this obscene hand gesture, and actually say “Hook ‘em, horns!”???

What’s that you say??? You didn’t have anything to do with this?

Of course you did! Truman did not just come up with this on his own!

Just wait ‘til I get hold of your kids.