Carving out our places

SO the second day didn't go as well as I thought...or did it? Hayden started off the day with a profound "I don't want to go to school today!" To Which I responded with a let's change the subject and hope this isn't really going to happen today comment, "That's nice what do want for breakfast?" Thankfully, school doesn't even start until 11:50. By the time we were supposed to be getting prepped to walk out the door he was off and running. This time all the way to school and right through the door. By Friday he was asking why we couldn't go to school on Saturdays. - So School is a hit.

I have noticed that school has brought on more changes than just a routine shift. Hayden now has become a "school boy!" This when defined by a 4 going on 5 year old means that he can now do just about everything by himself. pour his own cereal, make his own chicken nuggets - "DON'T tell me mom, I can do it - DON't help me mom - I know how" - it is quite amazing that sending your child for 3 hours a day to a building called school can suddenly make him so independent and full of "know how" -Now he wants to go places where I am going to leave him - "so you aren't staying right - I can be here alone?" - ALONE? - meaning in a room full of many other people but definitely without mom and tyler.

With all his new independence, Tyler and I are trying to figure out what to do with ourselves. As much as I want to be the "Hayden for Tyler" I am constantly reminded that I am not. I took him to the park after we dropped Hayden off for his 3rd day of school and Tyler. my park loving boy - just sat in the stroller and said - "I want to go home" I tried some gentle coaxing, "Let's swing! and I will play with you on the slides" - to which Tyler put his head down on the stroller and said,"there are no boys to play with, I want to go home"

I think it may take a while to discover exactly what our schedule will be. It is amazing to me how incorporating school into our lives has had such an affect on my normal - "Whatever, Whenever" look on our day. It sure makes Hayden happy - now if I could just figure out something to make Tyler excited!

First Day of School

First day of school!!!First Day of school!! - this a familiar phrase that I have heard over and over from Nemo! -Hayden was so excited and has been. The day of school orientation he crawled in bed with me in the morning to wake me up and ask me "do you know what today is? - then he informed me that today we were going to school. Just a little excited.

On orientation Day he and MAry ran ahead of us the whole way there.

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They loved checking out the school - seeing their teacher and of course, checking out the playground. Tyler was pretty certain he was going to school too!

All that excitement can change a little on the first day so I was wondering how it would go. We had to be at the school at 8:20, so it was an early morning. Tyler didn't want to have anything to do with waking up. That is why he is still in pjs. Hayden and Mary once again ran all the way there. although Hayden became wary with the large crowd of parents and the crying kids. He decided maybe this wasn't going to be so fun... lucky for me, he only really started to think this way 2 minutes before Mrs. Slegers saw him and helped him right into the classroom.

Just enough time for me to give a quick kiss good-bye, tell him to have fun, and quickly run off to cry around the corner.

I can't believe I just experienced Hayden's 1st Day. In summary it went really well there were no catastrophes, no screaming or clinging on legs and no tears - except for my own while departing and hidden under sunglasses. We had a successful 1st day - Now I am just worried about day 2.