Mother of the Year

Yep, that's me, mother of the year.  (sarcasm)

Well, the little one started school last week.  Yes it is a little late in the year but it is more like a "mothers day out" K3 program.  Its only twice a week from 9:00 to 2:30.  Next year for K4 she will go full time.  We wanted to give her a little exposure to a school atmosphere hoping maybe it would give her a little incentive to want to learn more.  She is a little stubborn if you can't tell from my past posts.  If it doesn't interest her then is it certainly not worth her time.

Anyway she was so excited.  We went out and got her some new shoes, a few new outfits and last but certainly not least a brand new lunch box.  Can you guess which one she was the most excited about?  So, her first day and she is beyond excited, she got up early, got dressed before I even left to go to work.  I just couldn't wait to hear about her day.

I got a call from my husband about 3:00.  He said that when the sitter picked her up she was a little upset.  She was quietly sitting rubbing her eyes.  When I was told what happened I almost cried myself.

You see after they take their nap the teacher passes out suckers.  Well on her sheet I listed "no candy".  But I had every intention of sending her with  her own.  Yes, it is still candy but the kind that I buy I like to think is the lesser of the two evils.  It completely slipped my  mind.  I had a busy weekend so when I was making sure that I had everything for her for her first day I completely forgot the suckers.  Go me!!!

I was so upset,  I ruined her first day of school.  She was the only kid left out.  I started thinking, how can I make this better???  I know, I will make sure she gets a sucker at home and then later bring her out for some ice cream (because that is so  much better than candy (sarcasm)).  Hey, I had to redeem myself ;)

By the time I had gotten home she was fine.  She was so excited about her day, but she did make it a point to tell me that she didn't get a sucker.  I explained to her that it was my fault, that I told the teacher no candy and that I would be sending some of her suckers for her to have after nap time.  She understood and was fine with that.  Needless to say I didn't ruin school for her, maybe just the last 30 minutes of her first day.  But I think now that is all forgotten.  She absolutely loves school, in fact she wants to go everyday.  She is getting so big.

And I must say that I am quite impressed by this school.  The fact that they stuck to what I put on her sheet and respected my wishes, kudos to them!!!