Kindergarten!

Dear Mackenzie,

On the night before your first day of kindergarten, you had been sleeping but then you came running into my room with blood all over your mouth and chin. Your nose had started bleeding but thankfully, there wasn't that much blood and you hadn't even gotten any on your pjs or sheets (though there was blood on your hands, as well as some scary bloody handprints on your headboard, haha!). Also thankfully, your first week of kindergarten has been much calmer and quieter than that night!

Your first day of kindergarten was last Thursday and despite the overnight nosebleed, you woke up early and said you were nervous but excited. You were happy to use your new Bluey backpack and you were so brave at drop-off. You picked up your nametag from your new teacher, held hands with the classmate standing next to you and walked into a building you had never been in before like it was nothing. You waved and smiled at me from the steps as if you'd already done it hundreds of times. Rock star!

At pick-up that afternoon, you came out smiling, waved and ran to me and happily told me that you "didn't cry even once." When telling me about your day, you called all of your classmates "my friend" and informed me that you couldn't remember anyone's names except Emma and Aidan but that "they're not the same Emma and Aidan" (from your nursery and pre-k classes). 

So far, you only get one worksheet for homework, which takes you about two minutes to complete. You say you like doing homework and even ask, "Can I have more homework?" Sometimes, you draw hearts along the edges of the worksheets so that you can stay in the study longer "doing homework."

Earlier this week, I told you to change for school. When I walked into your room, you had put your dress on over your head so that it was still covering your head and collapsed onto the edge of your bed--you were just laying there face-down like that, as if getting ready that day was just too much. But the early mornings have been fine for the most part and you have adapted really well to your new school, taking the bus home with Second GuhGaw and completing your homework. You get tired and take naps but still go to bed by 8:30pm. I'm so proud of you! I hope you have a great year in kindergarten this year!

Love,

Mom