Well, I have to admit this was a little hard for me! Not I cried on the way home hard, but holy cow my son is in all day school and has a million other influences on him now hard!! What an awesome kid he is though! He was super excited to start a NEW grade, at a NEW school (Herriman Elementary), and learn a NEW language! He is in the Spanish emersion program there. Luckily we have some neighbors/friends that go to the school so we carpool with them. They have a son in second grade and a daughter in fourth grade. So they were able to help him feel a little more comfortable.
I think Mackenzie had a hard time with her friend and brother leaving her all day, but she was excited to drop him off and see his school. She loves driving carpool and going to his class once a week with me to volunteer.
I hated leaving him this first day, I felt a little sad for him standing in line waiting for the bell to ring. He didn't know anyone and had a big day ahead of him, but I knew he would quickly make friends and he would do awesome!
He had a hard time adjusting to the first few weeks of all day school, "it's so long mom...and I don't get to be with you and Kenzie...I miss you guys all day." And he had some struggles with the Spanish teacher being super strict and scary mean at times....as well, as a few run in's with a kid that has zero boundaries and wouldn't leave Cameron alone. All a bunch of adjustments. Some of which cause him stress and made him cry, not wanting to go to school. I met with the principal and discussed how things needed to be changed. So after some seating arangments were changed and the Spanish teacher was "talked to" (she had other complaints of her being mean from other parents)....it got a lot better. And Cameron enjoyed going to school. He has been doing awesome in his Spanish class and excelled in reading and math so far!
