Off he went to Kindergarten and he didn't look back, not even to wave to mom...

Yesterday the school bus came at 12:30pm and picked up Christopher for his first day of Kindergarten! He was excited and boarded that school bus so quick that I could hardly take a picture! Poor Anneli was upset though; she wanted to know where Christopher was going on the bus without her! “I go to Kindergarten too…” she said with her sad little puppy dog eyes. She was hoping to go to Kindergarten too! Oh well, she and I drove over to the school to see Christopher get off the school bus with his other friends and their moms. Meme went outside and was able to see Christopher get off the bus during her lunch break. It was fun! No tears were shed, from him or mom, as he marched straight into the school all by himself like a grown up! J As Anneli and I walked to the car we took her picture in front of some flowers and she whispered, “I miss Chris…” she said it a few times as I strapped her into her seat and we drove home to play.

Before we knew it was 3:30 and time to pick up Chris. I pulled the wagon and Anneli rode as we made our way to get Christopher. We got to the school a little early with all the other parents waiting for their little ones. Anneli played on the playground for a few minutes and then the door opened. We went inside to get Christopher in Mrs. Valentine’s room. All the Kindergarten Walkers gather there after school and then parents check their kids out. As we were in the hallway, Meme was already there checking on Christopher. Anneli and I checked him out and he skipped happily all the way down the hallway, out the door to our wagon. He was a little upset because he wanted to go home with Meme but he finally jumped in the wagon with Anneli and we were on our way home. He told us about his day and his teacher Mrs. Hooper and Mrs. Graff. He said he had circle time, did the pledge of Allegiance, sang a patriotic song, played outside, ate his snack, made a cloud, read The Kissing Hand and made a kissing hand craft to bring home to mom. He had a VERY good day he said! I’m so glad he had a great time. He is excited to go back today because he is going on a “Safari” or a tour of the building---he has to bring sunglasses and a safari hat! He’s all packed and ready to go since he woke up this morning!

After school yesterday he came home told us about school, had a snack and then it was off to Karate! He recognized a lot of his Karate friends at school and it made him feel like a big shot, since he’s one of the youngest kids at karate. The older kids there are so good with him! He knew he was getting his belt soon but he didn’t know it was last night. When he was in class, Meme, Daddy, and Pepe arrived so they could be there for the belt ceremony. He was disappointed at the end of class because he didn’t get a stripe—he thought he needed one more stripe before he got his belt but then Joshu (his teacher who is sooooooooo good with him and she’s only in High School) called him up and told him he didn’t need his Yellow Belt anymore. He couldn’t have smiled any bigger!! He was so proud and he should be. Joshu told him that she has seen him improve in so many areas over the past year in skill, confidence, balance etc. She told him to continue the great work and have fun at Kindergarten! He was soooooo proud of himself and so was everyone there—students and parents combined.

Christopher is certainly growing up so fast. If feels like yesterday he was born and now he is such a “Little Man” as his kindergarten teacher calls him!

Thanks to those of you for your Kindergarten Well Wishes he enjoyed reading them all! I put them all together for him for his scrapbook! THANKS AGAIN!