Kindergartener

Hayley had been counting down the days until Kindergarten. Finally, today was the day. She woke up so happy and excited. She put on the (very bright) first-day-of-school outfit she had picked out the night before, kissed Dad goodbye, and climbed in the car to head to "Mom's school."



That's the part that I'd really been looking forward to, "Mom's school" becoming "Hayley's school" too.



Soon it was time to line up with her class. Hayley got a little bit nervous and clingy, but after a good hug from Mom, she was fine and headed inside with her classmates. No tears from her, or from me.



Then most of the other parents headed home, while I headed back in to school. I checked up on Hayley a couple of times, and she seemed like she was doing great. Her teacher said that Hayley's only issue was that she kept wanting to move on to the next thing quicker than the class was ready to. I guess this could go one of two ways: either Hayley has high expectations of what Kindergarten will entail, or she has a very short attention span. Either way, when I met up with Jeremy, Jackson, and Hayley for lunch and asked Hayley how her day was, she said it was "Great!" Plus she was pretty bummed when I got to go back to school after lunch and she didn't. Don't worry Hayley, there are many all-day-long school days in your future.