Okay the day was finally here! I have looked forward to this day for a long time, but I have also dreaded it! My sweet girl was starting Kindergarten. She is growing up! All summer long she was so excited for the first day. Since she is attending my school she got to come to my classroom a lot over the summer and meet her teacher Mrs. Harris. We went shopping for all her school supplies and uniforms and she was all set to go. That Sunday night I real to her, "The Night Before Kindergarten." Well it was over for me at that point. I had already lost it. I was sobbing. I tucked her in and said good night. I had to mentally prepare myself for the next morning. Not only for her starting kindergarten, but for my 1st day back as well. I knew that I would be emotional and I needed to be ready to greet my kids and assure their parents that they would be fine. 1st graders are still a little sad on the first day. So I went to be okay with the fact that Kate was going to start Kindergarten. I woke up that morning and was ready for the day. We got lunches packed and we were ready to go. Chris took Connor to school and then came and met us at school. Grandma and Grandpa came as well. We got out of the car and walked into school and Kate turned to me and said, "Mom, it is okay. I am going to be just fine. I love you, have a great day." And that was that. She ran off to play on the playground. Now I was crying even harder I think because she wasn't sad. I think as moms we expect that they will always cry when we leave or pull on us when they don't want us to go. She is becoming such a big girl and this just affirmed it. I then had to get into teacher mode for my kids. I left Kate in the hands of Chris, Grandma, and Grandpa. The nice part about working there is that I can go see her and check on her whenever I want. That is reassuring. The bell rang. All the kids lined up. I had my sunglasses on the whole time, because I was still very teary. I brought my kids into the classroom and of course like normal about 10 sets of parents came in as well. So I started the day still teaching with my sunglasses which I am sure parents were really concerned about. I finally took them off and told my class, "You might see that my eyes are a little red because I was sad this morning that Kate was starting Kindergarten. I am fine now and we are going to have a great day!" To which one of my students responds, "Mrs. Tax, don't worry she is going to be fine. We will help you if you are sad." Geezzzzzz, can't I get a break. I then loose it again. I finally compose myself and we do continue to have a great day.
Kate had a great first day of school. She just loves it there! She loves Mrs. Harris her teacher. I am truly so proud of her and am so excited to see what this new chapter in her life will bring.
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