Here is our Jack, handsomely dressed on his first day of Kindergarten at Lakeview Academy. I was nervous about getting up and being ready to leave the house before 8, especially since we needed to talk to Nona and Papa via video phone one the first day, but we made it. Likely because I told him how embarrassing it is to be late, Jack popped out of bed before seven asking, "Mom, is it time to get up yet?"
Each day this week when I picked him up I was anxious to hear about what he did. I wanted a play by play of every minute of the measly two hours and forty-five minutes he was there, but mostly I just got, "It was good."
Though on Thursday when I asked he told me, with a disgruntled expression on his face, "Mom, today I was girl-trapped." I tried to repress my laughter for fear he wouldn't elaborate, and asked in an only moderately interested tone, "Oh really, what does that mean?" He then told me that to be girl-trapped was when there is one girl here (pointing on his right side) and one girl here (pointing on his left side) and a boy in the middle, "that was me," then you are girl-trapped.
I didn't cry as I thought I would driving away from school that first day, I was too excited for him. Or perhaps I just got out all my crying the night before when Jared gave him a blessing.
But I am excited for all the things he will learn and all the new experiences he will have. Like all mothers, I suppose, I just hope I have poured enough love into him in the last five years that somehow that love will protect him "out there."
I am just so proud of Jack and the little boy he has become. I am proud of his compassion and his kindness. I am proud of his studious and sometimes serious nature. I am just proud to be his mom.
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Jack informed me that there is such a thing as a "boy trap" when there is a boy on each side and a girl in the middle. I hope it will be a long time before being "girl trapped" is a good thing!
Can you believe they're all old enough to be going to school! I'm sure Jack is going to be a fabulous student, he's such a great kid. Maci saw me looking at your blog the other day and she was very happy to see pictures of Jack. I'm glad we can keep in touch this way! There's a girl trapped boy on Maci's table too, all girls, only one boy! So tell Jack there could be worse things ;)
That is usually all I get out of Christian as well when I ask how his day went. Is that a boy thing? I hope he begins to elaborate as he gets older. I did cry the first and second day I dropped Shayla off at kindergarten. And of course had all those same feelings of Have I taught them enough? I know that they'll both have great years, but I am sad that they are gone, but happy that they are learning and growing and changing. It makes life interesting. Wow, sorry for this novel.
I still have to dig with Sydney to see how her day went and what they did in class. I have never cried on the first day of school but I always get teary-eyed on back to school night.
Be glad he was disgruntled. I fear the day when they come home with a happy face because they were girl-trapped! Dang girls!
And Diahan, you can rest well knowing that Jack is absolutely filled to the brim with love from you guys. He'll do great! He is such an incredible boy and we love him!
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