Getting Ready for Kindergarten

I dropped my oldest off at the school where he will start kindergarten in the fall for his evaluation.  The school we are sending him to evaluates each child prior to starting kindergarten.  I am so very excited about the school he will be attending.  It is one of only a handful of blue ribbon schools in our state and when my husband and I visited it we were so impressed with the resources and opportunities the school provides.

My oldest is such a neat kid.  He is extremely friendly - he met all the kids in the classroom while I was talking to the teacher and had promptly hung up his coat and backpack as if he had been going there all year.  The sweetest moment happened before we left when his sister ran back and gave him a big hug and a kiss in front of everyone...the best part was that he happily reciprocated.  Nothing warms a mom's heart more than seeing her kids love each other.  I can't wait to hear how his day went when when I pick him up at 12:30!

My oldest is pretty good at playing by himself and has a creative streak.  This combination sometimes results in big messes!  Case and point, yesterday after church he was doing his "room time" where he plays in his room for an hour or so in the afternoon.  When I went upstairs to get him ready for the Superbowl party, he gleefully exclaimed, "Mom, come see what I did!".  He had made a sign in the bathroom, but if you look closely at the word "nice" you can see that he wrote it in toothpaste!  He was trying to make his sign as colorful as possible and found the brilliant blue of the toothpaste irresistible.  It was a tough moment for me because he was so very proud of his sign and clearly was expecting a positive reaction from me yet he had made a huge mess that was going to require some serious cleaning.  I started with the positives but then had to bring up the waste & mess of the toothpaste.  My sensitive little guy's feelings were hurt a little, but after some snuggles and a good talk he was back to his chipper self and he understood why not to write with toothpaste.  Afterwards, his daddy brought  the camera along with the carpet steamer upstairs.  We had to snap a picture...it really was a creative, sweet sign. :)