Before school started, I was so excited. I tried to get the kids all excited, and they were until...
1. Lauren Kate realized that she had to go everyday, all day.
2. Gibson realized no one (family) would be with him.
My heart has been breaking over the past 4 and 1/2 weeks for Lauren Kate. She has been crying at night saying "it's too many days" or "do I have to go again?" She doesn't really say that she does not like it when she is there, she just says it is too much. And is it? It is causing great turmoil within me because she doesn't HAVE to go this year. It is only pre-K. It is totally voluntary. But if I pull her out, then that is it. No more school for the year. There are 40 kids on the waiting list. And besides, if she were just 1 and 1/2 months older, she would be in kindergarten, and she would have to go.
So my solution is to be involved and reevaluate later. I have gone to breakfast with her. I have volunteered in the classroom. My mom went to lunch with her, and then read stories to the class, and Larry tries to pick her up whenever he can. He even takes her to the coffee shop with him while he works, before they come home. I made her bedtime 7:30, and now all I can do it pray.
Gibson on the other hand, is very apprehensive going into class, but I think in the long run he will be fine. He just takes a little while to warm up. He was not thrilled on his first day, and clung to Larry's neck. It was actually pretty cute. He even said that he didn't want to go to school, he wanted to stay home and cuddle mommy. I kinda wanted him to stay home and cuddle me too.
