Right after we got big sister on the bus it started..."I don't want to go to school." This pretty much continued for the next 45 minutes and even as we were pulling into the parking lot he was still saying it. So I took his hand and I kissed it and I told him to save it for whenever he needed it. He said "I put it in my pocket mom." I took him into the room and we found his hook and name tag and then found some dinosaurs to play with. Then we started the "Ok, I'm going to go now, you have a fun day, I love you." And after about ten minutes and lots more kisses and hugs he was very brave and let me walk out of the room. I stood outside the door and we both held it together very well. At least this year I got to the car before I started crying and I am getting smarter...I parked in the back of the parking lot.
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| Last hug before Elizabeth gets on the bus - he had to have his backpack on too! |
When I picked him up he was all smiles and had a great time. He told me I could have my kiss back, he didn't need to use it (insert my heart melting). We headed to DQ for a special lunch. He really only wanted the Dilly Bar but he ate the hot dog and we ran out of time so off to speech we went. His speech is at Elizabeth's school and during her lunch time so I sat down with her while she ate her lunch. I still don't think he knows that EB and I had lunch together and I am pretty sure she doesn't know that he had DQ. They are getting much better at keeping their mouths shut about the special things they get to do! Lunch was very interesting, a little insight to the world of kindergarten! Grant had a good speech session. His s blends are better we are now working on g's and hard k's. It would be great if he could say his own name really well :)
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| Throwing the ball in - I really don't understand the rules of soccer! |
That night he had his first soccer game. They had a little practice before and then a 30 minute game. There are only 6 players on the team and in the first 5 minutes our team was down to 3. One injury and two girls who weren't really feeling like playing soccer. Grant got a lot of playing time and he did so good. Soccer academy hadn't gone so well. And by not well I mean he insisted one of us be on the field with him the whole time. I anticipated he would like the game setting better and Brandon and our good friend Matt are coaching so he was comfortable. I was pretty impressed with the skill set of the little ones and the coaches did good too ;) Not sure I realized that soccer was saturday mornings at 8am, so I hope he likes it!
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| This is Grant just being silly - but that is so his "I'm teasing" face! |
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| Such a goofball! |
Second day before school...."Why did you sign me up for preschool?"
On the way home after 2nd day of school...."Can I come back on Tuesday?" Maybe there is hope because not going to school is not an option. He did say on the way home he did not want to go to kindergarten. Guess we have a few years to work on that one!
