T and R started school today. T started kindergarten ( I know, I can't believe it either!) and R started 2nd grade. I took the day off so that I could see them off to their new classes. R starts at 8:09 (mind you, it's not 8:00, not 8:15, and not even 8:10, but it is 8:09). The parking lot was mayhem, so M and T stayed in the car, while I took R in.
We had to walk through the parking lot and I have a you-must-hold-my-hand-in-the-parking-lot rule, so R grabbed my hand. After we crossed the parking lot and started seeing some other "big" kids, he looked at me and pulled his hand away a bit. I said, "you don't have to hold my hand here if you don't want to." He gave me a little smile and a nod and held on to my hand firmly. As we walked into the foyer of the school, we saw two kids from hockey and cub scouts... Hmmm, I thought, what will happen now with the holding-hand thing? He looked up at me with a little smile as he pulled his hand out of mine, and said "Hey, Andrew, Hey Zach!" We all chatted a bit about the summer while we waited for the principal to let us in the hallway. As soon as she let us in and we joined the crush of people, R grabbed my hand again as he strolled past his old kindergarten and first grade classes, confidently saying Hi to his teachers of years gone by. He's a big kid now, my boy. (But he still needs his mom.)
After school, I asked how it went. "It was great. I love it. I can't wait to go back tomorrow!"
That's what I like to hear....
More tomorrow about T's big day at kindergarten.
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Sweet story about my grandson growing up . . . he'll always need you for something, even if it's just for a "Hi Mom, I love you, give me a hug" kind of moment. I love the grabbing your hand after he said the big "hey" to his buddies . . . and I love acting way cool saying hi to his "old" teachers . . . he IS growing up so fast!
Ahhhh... tearing up here. What a great post. Such a big boy! I can't wait to hear about T's big day in Kindergarten. We both teared up taking C on his first day. Didn't think that would happen but sure enough both of us had tears streaming down our cheeks under our sunglasses.
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