Sunday, September 21, 2014

Michael's First Day

Michael started kindergarten on September 6th!  His teacher's name is Mrs. Stensgard.  He likes her very much.  He said he wasn't scared when we left.  Michael made a friend on his first day, the girl he sits next at his table.  "She's kind of black.  She's nice."





My experience from the first day:  The first day went pretty well. We took him as a family. Me, josh, Kathleen, Madison, Camryn, plus the neighbor girls all walked together.  I was holding back tears the entire time. I thought I would be okay since I'd been crying several times each day for a week.  But more tears came.  I had to tell josh that it was time to leave because I couldn't hold back the tears any longer. As we were walking out I saw Lorie leske. She walked right up to me, put her arm around me, and escorted us out quickly. It was just what I needed and a couple of hours later, she sent me a picture of Michael that she took with her phone. It meant the world to me.  The day lasted forever and I couldn't wait to go pick him up!  The first thing he said to me was "mom, you're right.  Black people are just theirselves."  He sits next to a black girl in class--or Indian probably.  The first week was full of sadness for me, but now a few weeks later I'm happy he's there, although I get tempted to steal him away several times a day and especially when I drive by.  I miss my Michael SOOOO much!!

update: Michael's favorite parts of school are recess and gym.  He's learned a lot of Spanish words and he likes school.