Kindergarten!!

We were all very excited to go to the open house at Turner's school, but as soon as we pulled into the parking lot, Turner started to freak.

He didn't want to go inside the school. He didn't want to meet his classmates or his teacher. In fact, he just kept repeating, "I want to go home."

Not what we were expecting.

We walked to the classroom and found his name at his table. Then, we found his cubby and put his school supplies away. We did a sweep of  the classroom and met his teacher.

Earlier that day, we were making pasta necklaces and Turner wanted to make a bracelet for his teacher. I remembered to put it in my purse before we left. I wasn't sure if Turner would be brave enough to give it to her considering how uncomfortable he was in his new class, but he surprised us all and politely handed it to her before we left.

The best part is, she wore it on the first day of school. So nice!!

I'm happy to report that Turner did much better during his phase-in day and wasn't clingy or sad when I left after lunch.

Is he enjoying school? For the most part. He gets upset in the mornings when I tell him that he has school and he gets upset at bedtime when I tell him he has school again the next day. But he does great during drop-off and when I pick him up after school, I ask if he had a good day and he always replies with a yes. Every day he shares stories about his day and he always says that he had fun.

When he gets sad about having to go to school, I ask why he feels this way if he enjoys it. He tells me that it's because he has to go every day and he misses playing with his toys and he misses his screen time.

I'm guessing that after a few weeks have passed, he won't miss those things so much because he will have developed friendships and gotten used to his new schedule.

Overall, I have to say so far so good.