8.29.2008
C is doing really well in kindergarten. He is bringing home work papers with smiley faces and 100’s. His conduct grades have been mostly E’s (Excellent) with a few G’s (Good) thrown in for either talking too much or on one day last week for not working quickly enough on his work papers and not finishing in the alloted time.
Yesterday I went to school at lunchtime to eat lunch with C (My mom was very gracious to offer to keep J while I went to eat with C. Thanks!!). I brought Chick-Fil-A for both of us - an 8 piece box of nuggets with lots of ketchup packets for C and a chicken sandwich for me with extra pickles. C enjoyed a treat of lemonade as well. I met C at his classroom and walked with him and his class to the cafeteria. C was thrilled to hold his lemonade and carried it into the cafeteria while I carried the bag with the food in it.
When I first got towards C’s class, I saw that the students were lining up to get ready to go to the cafeteria. Jake, C’s friend from the neighborhood that sits with C on the bus, was first in line and recognized me as I came towards the classroom. It was so cute to see Jake point to the inside of the room at C, showing me where C was. C’s table was last to line up, so it worked out well that I was the caboose of the line while walking to the cafeteria.
Lunch lasted for 30 minutes and I enjoyed watching C’s little friends (it was particularly fun to watch the little boy that was sitting across from C - he first ate his Little Debbie Oatmeal Pie with such enjoyment, while leaving his sandwich in its plastic bag. I could just imagine his mom when he got home saying, “(Name here) ate his treat and left his sandwich untouched!” 
) Kids are so much alike!
After lunch, I walked over to the opposite corner of the cafeteria to throw our trash away. I don’t think C normally goes to the trash can (and wanted to make sure he knew where it was!) since his lunch box comes home with the wrappers from his fruit roll-up and sometimes the trash of those kids sitting near him. C took his sweet time in dumping the ice out of his Chick-Fil-A cup into the “liquids” garbage bucket while a short line grew behind him. We then got in the line to leave the cafeteria.
After lunch, Mrs. R takes the kids down the 5th grade hall to where the teacher’s mailboxes are located so she can check her mail. C held my hand the entire walk down the halls and at one point let go to hug my arm to his chest (yes, a big pull on this Mama’s heart strings!). On the way out of the 5th grade hall, we were near the front door, so I said my good-byes to C with a big bear hug and kiss. Earlier, C had mentioned at lunch that another child went home after lunch with their mom and that he wanted to go home as well. I told him that the child probably had a dentist or doctor’s appointment and that is why they went home. C replied, “No, (name here) just wanted to go home.” I told C that school wasn’t over and he still had classwork to do. C was less than thrilled about my reply, but went peacefully along.
After school, we didn’t have anything planned - a welcome rest after a VERY BUSY Wednesday. On Wednesday C went to school and J had his orientation day for 4 year old preschool. J was at preschool for 1 hour and after I dropped him off I went to work. My mom picked J up from preschool and after her errands brought J home for his nap. I got home from work with enough spare time to say bye to Nana, get a glass of water and pick up C at the bus stop. After C got home, I got me, C and J in the car to go get Nana so we could go to church.
We ate dinner at church and after finishing dinner I helped C with his homework at the dinner table so we wouldn’t have to deal with it after getting home. Nana took the kids to a show of BibleMan while I went to a teacher’s meeting for AWANA Cubbies. I am teaching J’s Cubbie’s class on Wednesday evenings to give him equal time with me, as I am spending time with C being his kindergarten Room Mom.
We didn’t get home from church until almost 8 o’clock - a VERY long day for C, as he is used to quiet time after school where he plays xBox or with his toys. None of that on Wednesdays for awhile! (I must note that C’s eyes looked really tired at lunch on Thursday. He is having a difficult time skipping nap time. He doesn’t complain about being tired, but at night time he does want to spend a lot of time with either me of B, since he is gone SO MUCH at school! But, once we leave his room, he is asleep in under 1 minute!)
C might be 6 years old, but he sleeps like a baby! Especially after working so hard in kindergarten and doing a GREAT job!! Way to go, C!