First Day of Kindergarten

Today was Hyrum's first day of Kindergarten. This morning, he was so excited to finally be able to go to the Kindergarten he had heard so much about. Any time we would drive by the school, someone in the car would comment on how that place was Kindergarten and how Hyrum would get to go there. To start the morning off he had yummy blueberry pancakes, the kind his Papa makes for him.
For school this year, he has a Spiderman backpack he received last year for his birthday and a marvel super heroes lunch box. I thought he looked so handsome this morning.He thinks his Transformer tennis shoes are pretty cool. This picture Hyrum jumped right before I took it so we could try and get a picture of the lights.When we got to school, Hyrum became a little shy and timid. We found his name tag and I got him all settled only to realize that I left his water bottle out in the car. I gave him a hug and kiss and told him to be good and flashed him the I love you sign that we have. When I came back in the classroom with his water bottle he was even more nervous and asked me if I could stay. I told him I couldn't. His response was to ask for one more kiss.During the day I thought about him lots. I wondered if he showed the teachers that he could read. I wondered if he just got nervous and shut down. I wondered how he did at lunch. So many things I wondered about through out the day.

When I picked up after school the first thing he said, "that was so much fun! They gave us M&M's." Which he remembered later were skittles that the teachers gave them if they walked quietly in the halls. He eagerly told me how they read the Kissing Hand and then made their very own "kissing hand". He told he how he had fun doing centers and how he didn't have enough time to eat all of his lunch. He said he met some nice friends. Overall, I would say he had a great day.

I was worried and still am about his experience in Kindergarten. I hope he gets a teacher (he hasn't been assigned one yet) who is amazing. Who strengthens his desire for learning and helps him to improve in his reading and other skills. A teacher who encourages creativity and questioning. I hope he makes good friends and remembers his manners. I hope he is kind to others. I hope he tries his best and has fun. I hope I have done enough as a parent to prepare him for this huge step in life. I have been an emotional roller coaster lately. Sometimes I am excited for him to be going to Kindergarten and other times I just tear up and cry. He is my sweetheart! I love him so much and can't wait to see what he will accomplish.