end of half days
Kindergarten is over. I surely didn’t cry! More like doing the happy happy joy joy dance!
Today was “move up day” – he spent time with his new teacher, met his new classmates and did a little science project. And now he’s happy about going to first grade next year. Yep, just about what I figured would happen.
Of course he’s only been home a few hours and he’s already told me he’s bored. I told him if he was really bored that I would find something for him to clean. Heh. He disappeared to his room pretty quickly.
So here was Josh on the first day of school:
And here was Josh today:
It’s a little hard to tell with the perspective being so different, but holy cow has he grown! Same little half smile though!
kindergarten crush
Waaaaaay back when I was in kindergarten I had a crush on the cute blonde boy who lived down the street. Conveniently, we rode the same bus and always sat together. I ~might~ have kissed him once (on the cheek, I swear!) and got yelled at by the bus driver. I wasn’t too smart – we were sitting in the front row after all!
The crush was mutual and twice he mailed me love notes, stamp and all. One of them even asked me to marry him! I wish I still had them so I could scan them to show you, alas, they were destroyed a few years later. I had brought the notes to school when we were in 8th grade (we were always friends but the crush had long since ended) because the boy couldn’t remember sending them and he wanted to see them.
Anyhow, a horrid boy got a hold of them, and in a moment of terror we thought he was going to hold them for ransom or pass them around and torture us with them. Instead he ate them. No really, he ATE them. Lost forever in the gullet of the disgusting kid who liked to fill his hollow pens with dead flies from the windowsill at the back of the classroom. Sigh.
All evidence of my kindergarten crush…gone forever. Except in my memory. A memory that was jogged recently by the antics of my own kindergartner.
Yes, Josh has a crush and it’s oh so very mutual. It’s been going on for awhile now. Since, hmmm, the first day of school. The other boys were teasing: “Josh likes {girl1}, he’s going to marry her” in singsong voice every morning. Except he’s bigger than all of them so it doesn’t amount to much. The response I taught him? Roll your eyes at them and say “what…ever” as nonchalantly as possible. We’re all hoping that works.
Apparently though, {girl1} has some competition. Oh the drama! I heard through the grapevine there’s yet another girl who likes him. The other girl’s mom approached me at the latest birthday party and said “Are you Josh’s mom? All I ever hear about school is about Josh. Just so you know, Josh is {girl2}’s boyfriend, he just doesn’t know it!” Yikes!
Then I saw with my own eyes how much he flirts with her, with all the girls. All the other moms saw it too! We all laughed about it but I know I am in deep, deep trouble, and I’m really glad summer is almost here! Josh and I both need a break from kindergarten crushes.
I’m scared of first grade. I think the moms of those girls are too. Oy.
Filed Under life, the boy Tagged kindergarten, memories, school, the boy
it must be monday
Good god it’s 8:30 am and I’m already done with this day.
Let’s recap the timeline of events for you shall we?
12:30 am – Awakened by DH’s snoring. He has massive allergies and although it’s been really good lately, last night was as bad as it gets. Give up and move to the guest room. Of course I can’t go back to sleep until I go pee.
2:30 am – Awakened by the boy, crying because he peed in his bed. This is an extremely rare occurrence for him. Generally only happening a couple times a year and only when he’s extremely tired. I can’t bear to change the sheets and the mattress cover since to do so requires pulling off all 200 stuffed animals on the bed. Decide to do it tomorrow and let him come to the guest room with me. After I go pee, again.
3:30am – Finally go back to sleep.
5:30am – Awakened by the sound of cat puking on the floor near me. As soon as I move he runs and pukes more in the hall. Deja vu? No, I’m in just hell. And have to pee again.
6:00am – Hear DH get up for the day.
6:30am – Cute little boy next to me wakes up and snuggles in close. Highlight of the day.
6:45am – Cute little boy decides to go see daddy. Luckily I know Daddy will feed him breakfast.
7:10am – DH wakes me up. Gotta get the boy ready for school. (After I pee!)
8:00am – Walk down to the bus stop. It’s scheduled to arrive at 8:08 but is usually there at 8:05.
8:16am – Bus has still not come yet. Did I somehow miss it? Give up and walk back up the damn hill to the house. Resign myself to driving him in. Late.
8:20am – See bus pass by the intersection as I pull up to it.
8:22am – Can’t catch up in time for the next stop.
8:23am – Frantically beep horn as I pull up at the next bus stop. I hit panic button on keychain and can’t turn it off. Wake up neighborhood! Thank god bus driver waits. Bus was late due to mechanical difficulties. She is very sorry. I adore her. Boy gets on bus.
8:26am – Finally get coffee. Think about cleaning up cat puke and pee sheets. Blog instead. Do I have time for a nap before I have to pick him up at 11am? I’d better not, the way this day is going, I might not wake up in time. Crap.
I hope the rest of you are having a better day than I am. If you’re not, feel free to vent!
Filed Under humor, the cat Tagged bus, kindergarten, school, the boy
again with the bullets
Yep, it’s one of those days – better to write bullets than nothing at all!
- I wrote 99% of a post yesterday, just before all hell broke loose with work. I got so busy with my mini crisis I forgot to save the freaking post before I closed the window. *crying*
- Thank god for coffee.
- I was smart yesterday and made a double pot of coffee so today I have iced coffee without having to do any work. Why didn’t I think of this before now?!
- My house looks like a volcano erupted and spewed craft items. Suddenly the boy is into cutting up little bits of paper and cardboard, coloring them, and gluing and taping them back together, mostly into robot shapes. I’m not allowed to throw away any of his trash treasures.
- Kindergarten is going really well. He only cried once, that first day on the bus. That was the last time I cried too. I love having a couple hours alone every day!
- Unfortunately, the boy does a great job at mimicking his teacher. It sounds a lot like the “wah wah wah wah” from the Charlie Brown cartoons. We try really hard not to laugh. Cause, you know, that would encourage it or something.
- No, we don’t have an answer about the bus stop yet. I’ve resigned myself to driving him to school as soon as snow flies.
- God, I love these chilly nights. I’ve been sleeping really well these last two weeks. Thank god.
- I could do without the hot hot days though. So done.
- My friend Nicole took us to the cutest beach ever on Monday. I’m not telling any of you where this adorable little gem is. Unless you bribe me. I accept paypal or chocolate delivered to my doorstep.
- I desperately need to go to the grocery store. I just can’t seem to get it done. We have no eggs, no butter, no meat, barely a slice of bread. NO PAPER TOWELS. It is impossible to live in a house with a kid and not have paper towels.
- Okay, so the volcano didn’t just spew craft supplies, it spewed dirty laundry and dirty dishes too. *hangs head in shame*
- Soccer starts on Saturday. Two months of screwed up weekends. Again. Why do we do this to ourselves?
- Do y’all see my train of thought pattern here? Or am I the only that actually understands my unwritten segues?
- Sigh. It’s past 9 am now. The penguins are squawking at me. Must go back to work.
Maybe, maybe tomorrow I’ll have a real post. If I can stand to rewrite the lost one. Ugh.
that’s a really big bus
I didn’t think I’d cry.
After all the pictures were taken. After all the hugs and kisses were done. After I walked him up to the big yellow bus and he went up the steps. After the bus driver asked if he was a kindergartener. After I said yes, and she had him sit in the first seat. After he squeezed in with two other kids because it was already crowded. After she called out to me with that look and told me to have a great day. After I thought would make it without crying after all.
That’s when he stood back up, looked out the window, waved, and called out “bye mommy!”
Damn. I cried all the way back up the hill, all the way back to the house.
I didn’t think I’d cry. I was kinda dumb to think that.
Filed Under family, the boy, Uncategorized Tagged kindergarten, school, the boy
kindergarten: a guest post
My friend Megin asked me over twitter if I’d like to do a guest post for her at GNM Parents. Heck, yeah! Like I’m going to say no to writing for a website I’ve been reading for years?! Go see it and tell me what you think.
Oh, and while you’re there, don’t forget to check out all the amazing people who write there regularly!