Today I am a Kindergartener

August 22, 2011. A very special day. I started school today! Can you believe it? Mommy and Daddy wanted to make it extra special for me. So, we started off with a back-to-school dinner party last night. I got to pick the menu and guests. Of course it was Grandma and Grandpap along with Aunt Beth. I choose to make-our-own pizzas. I love helping make the dough and spreading the sauce and cheese on the pizza.

After we ate our pizza and had chocolate cream pie for dessert, Mommy and Daddy gave me some presents. I got a couple of water bottles, a growth chart, pencils, pencil sharpener, “Oh the Place You’ll Go” book and college football guys. Grandma also brought me two new books about Kindergarten.

I was tucked in bed by 8 pm, but I couldn’t sleep. I told Mom and Dad that I was “too excited about Kindergarten!”

Mommy packed my lunch: peanut butter crackers, veggie puffs and an apple along with a snack: gold fish. Mommy also packed a family picture and a copy of the Constitution. 

The next morning, Mommy made my favorite, pancakes! Grandma and Grandpap came up to see me off to school. We had to take several pictures first.

My homeroom teacher is Mrs. Hall. The way our school assigns kindergarten teachers is that the first week we have a homeroom teacher. Over the course of the first week, we will visit the five other classes and teachers so we can see who might be the best fit for our teacher for the rest of the year. I will know by this Friday who my teacher is. When I got to my class, there was a coloring sheet ready for me. I put my name on the top and I was ready.

I had a great first day of school. Mommy, Daddy and Cara were there to pick me up at the end. Just to be sure I didn’t miss Mommy too much, she drew a little heart on my hand. She said that whenever I looked at it, for me to know that she was thinking of me. I went ahead and drew a heart on her hand too. You know my Mommy will miss me.

xoxo, Sean