day one

Elijah looks ready to conquer the world, well at least the school, in this picture. I felt that he looked so small and the school looked so big, but it is so obvious that's not how he felt. He did very well this morning. Sat at his desk. Listened as I whispered a prayer in his ear. Hugged us both. Said, "I'm a little nervous." Said his goodbyes. Let us go with no problem. I did well, too. Until we got in the car and drove off. Jonathan was very sweet and understanding, while reminding me that Elijah would be coming home this afternoon. And he did. He's home now. He decided that he likes kindergarten. And that he'll go back tomorrow. That's a good start, right?


We started the day off having breakfast together at Cafe Louisa. Just the three of us. We had yummy sausage cheese biscuits.

We then went to school. The teacher made me feel better when I told her we worked on memorizing his lunch number, but I couldn't make any promises. He response was, "If he already knew everything, he wouldn't be in kindergarten." I told her I'd try to remember that...
He's not saying a whole lot about his day. I'm just getting bits and pieces out of him. But he said he'll go back. He seems happy. I'll take it.

And my day? I had to take Ella to the doctor. She has a cold. She had trouble sleeping last night. Her ear tubes have already come out. She may be getting an infection. We'll see the doctor again on Wednesday. And Miles kept asking me "Where's Lijah?" And telling me, "go get Lijah." We had lunch at McDonald's and on the playground he went to the little megaphone toy and said into it, "who's going to play with me?" No one was there. So he settled for Ella. I know he'll be happy when he gets up from his nap and finds his brother is home.

PS To my high school friends: Elijah is going to a science and technology exploration magnet school. David W. and Lori L. from our class both have their oldest starting kindergarten there as well.