Kindergarten

Wow - we just wrapped ADV's second week of kindergarten. he's such a big little guy now.

We decided on private school at least for now. Fellowship Christian is halfway between home and North Point, plus we'd heard all kinds of good things about it. Several friends at work have their kids there, plus we are friendly with the principal, former headmaster, etc. But what sealed the deal for me was the fact that Coach Kinsey has switched from Eastside over to FCS. I thought the world of him growing up. And now ADV has his wife for afternoon enrichment.

Another big plus was one Mrs. Tomberlin. She's got this incredible reputation as a kindergarten teacher. And apparently has a special place in her heart for immature boys (like ours!). We got to observe a class and I think she is what sold Brian. Mrs. T has the right balance of love and firmness. So we were thrilled when ADV got her for a teacher (thank you, K. Teston!).

Brian volunteered to run the morning carpool shift. He and ADV leave at 7:30am to make it to FCS by 8am. Brian went to chapel on the first day of school w/Andrew. Apparently, he was all smiles joining up with his class. The first real drop-off was Tuesday morning. Brian said Andrew jumped out of the car, gave him a thumbs up, and hugged the P.E. teacher as she walked him into school. Couldn't have gone any better! What an answer to prayer. A lot has changed since last fall's crying, begging not to go to school & frequent meltdowns at the door. I'm so proud of him.

ADV is in Mrs. Tomberlin's class from 8-12n. Then the kids who stay for afternoon enrichment join up with Mrs. Kinsey for lunch, rest time, etc. I pick him up at 3pm. Which means LRV and I have an hour to kill between her pick-up time at 1:30pm (M, T, Th) and Andrew's carpool. We've had fun shopping and discovered a park close by FCS.

I feel like such a grown-up in the carpool line. It doesn't seem like that long ago that I was the one being picked up, and now I'm driving. Wow.

So, we haven't been able to get much info out of Andrew. "Yes, Mom. I had a good day. Now can I please have a snack?" is about all I can get. Except last Friday, he came home with a picture of two new friends. "Mom, this is Grace. She's in Mrs. Kinsey's class. She's going to be my girlfriend. This is Stephen. He has red hair. He's going to be my boyfriend." "Um, NO. He's going to be your friend. Your BEST friend. Boys don't have boyfriends..." That's been the gem so far.