Here's the official first day of school picture. My goodness. It was emotional for me. I walked her down to the gym where the children drop off their backpacks. From there she was ushered outside, away from me and off into the real world of her school years.
I looked out for her every chance I got that day. The kindergarten playground is right outside my classroom window. The kindergarten has recess during the 1st grade snack time. I saw her climbing on the spider web the moment she got out there which instantly made me nervous since she's never been on it before. I've always coddled her on the playground due to her unsteadiness, her size and her low muscle tone. (I've done it ever since she was able to walk and old habits die hard.) I kind of expected her to go right for it as soon as she got her first taste of freedom. Sure enough, she got stuck on it. I passed out snack to my students and kept peeking out to see if she ever made her way down. The situation was weighing on my and I had this vision of her panicking if she was still stuck up there and the bell rang. I saw her little buddies up there trying to instruct her on where to stick her foot to get down. I couldn't take it. Professionalism went out the window (literally). I opened the window and yelled to one of her classmates to get the duty teacher and tell them that Evangeline was stuck on the spider web. It took a time or two of this yelling, but finally I got the attention of an adult who had to climb the web and get her down to safety.
Things have gotten easier for me over the past 2 weeks. She's doing great out there. She's mastered the spider web, so that's one less thing for me to worry about. When I see her in the hallway we flash each other the "I love you" sign in sing language. I love having her at school with me. The next picture is one of those perks of being a teacher mom. I get to see her just a'swinging away as I leave for my lunch break each day.
Here are the first two papers she brought home.
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