Are You Zhazha?

As I type this, the kids are sleeping like a bag of snakes (how their Papa Dave describes their extreme tossing and turning), ready to start their second week of Second Grade and Pre-K. The first week was great but there were a few speed bumps.

Ready for School!

First the happy faces:

• Nia loves her teacher and is happy to have friends she knows from last year in her class.
• Nate had a wonderful first week, scoring four blue days and one green. (Blue is the best and green is good. Yellow and red days mean sad face.)
• Nia is excited to be back with her buddies at after-school.
• Nate made it through the week without his blankey. He’s been pretty much carrying it around with him since birth. This is a milestone.
• Nia aced her first spelling test and we received the results that she got incredible “exceeding” scores on her CRCT from last year.

Now, for the boos:

• A little boy made Nia feel bad when he said she was “too little” to be in their classroom. Andrew says there will be a time when that kid will be begging for tiny girl to like him. So there, dude.
• The Georgia Pre-K program revoked the funding for Nate’s school due to complications I can’t comprehend which means hardships for his school, our weekly fee goes up and others who weren’t supposed to pay will either scramble to find somewhere else, remove their child from Pre-K or struggle to pay. We are worried and praying for all involved.
• Another child threw a rock and left a lump on Nate’s noggin.

And finally, some of the memorable:

• One of the t-shirts I matched with a cute skirt was actually a pj top. I didn’t realize this until Nia told me she bragged to one of her friends, “I’m wearing my pj’s to school!” Great. It totally did not look like a pj shirt!
• Nate insisted on wearing his “fast pants” every day because his the little girl he has a crush on would like them.
• Nia says this year’s homework is going to be tough – not “easy” like it was in First Grade.
• There’s a little boy who just stares at Nia. He doesn’t talk to her. Just stares. She says, “He’s just shy.” We’ll see.

Fingers crossed that the pros and memorables will outweigh the boos in the coming weeks!

Tags: feelings, first week of school, kids, school