Katie is off to 6th grade- the junior high. Yikes!
So Matthew gets up fine this morning, gets dressed, is all happy. We drop off SK&D then drive to the Primary School. I park, then the "my head hurts, I think I have a fever, my legs hurt, school is stupid and I don't ever want to go there, I want to be homeschooled, etc." starts up. I had to forcibly remove him from the car and carry him to his classroom. He does NOT want his picture taken, and won't go in the classroom, so I go in and start talking to the other kids and he follows me to his desk, still upset. I am trying to have a sense of humor about this. I really am! Mr. Hardy comes in and tells the kids they can call him Mr. Hardy-Har-Har if they want, and Matt thinks that is funny and starts to smile. Then he tells the kids that it's ok to be a little nervous, and the most important rule in his class is that it's ok to make lots of mistakes.
Mr. Hardy sees that I have a camera with me (nerdy scrapbooking mom, or since I never scrapbook I guess I'm a nerdy blogging mom) and asks if I'll take a head shot of all the kids. By the time I'm done Matt is doing ok, so I sneak out. He had a great day after the traumatic start!
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I am jealous that your Matt wanted to stay w/ you! Brodey just told me to get going on the first day. You're such a good mom that he doesn't want to leave you! =)
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