Today is the first day of school for A.P. On the way to school, Maybelle asked him if he was scared. Nope. Not even a little? Nope. And he was telling the truth, which gave me courage to drop him off at the door, wave goodbye, and keep going. This is in contrast to the 799 other parents who hung around. He was wearing his favorite new shirt, a camouflage t-shirt with “Homer, Alaska” on it from Grandpa Binder. And off he went. Holy cow.
I am waiting for it to ‘hit’. For this reason, I will just do a quick post and keep myself busy until it’s time to pick him up. I read about a program at the Kent District Library that looks interesting. It’s for parents and caregivers of young kids, and there are several locations, topics and times.
This information is copied directly from the KDL Blog, so head over there for more info.
Byron Township Branch
Monday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m. – Play-Grow-Read Early Literacy Training
Monday, October 6 at 6:30 p.m. – Movement: It’s Important for Children
Tuesday, November 18 at 6:30 p.m. – Nursery Rhymes with Children
East Grand Rapids Branch
Tuesday, September 16 at 6:30 p.m. – Early Literacy Crafts
Tuesday, October 14 at 6:30 p.m. – Movement: It’s Important for Children
Tuesday, November 11 at 6:30 p.m. – Early Childhood Nutrition
Kentwood Branch
Tuesday, September 23 at 6:30 p.m. – Play-Grow-Read Early Literacy Training
Tuesday, October 28 at 6:30 p.m. – Music and Movement
Tuesday, November 25 at 6:30 p.m. – Great Books and Library Services
Plainfield Township Branch
Tuesday, September 16 at 6:45 p.m. – Play-Grow-Read Early Literacy Training
Tuesday, October 21 at 6:45 p.m. – Early Childhood Nutrition
Wednesday, November 12 at 6:45 p.m. – Music and Movement
To register, please visit www.kdl.org/events or call the branch you are interested in attending.
Big Binder 
As a two-week veteran of kindergarten parenting (hee hee), I can tell you that the first day is the hardest. I was counting the minutes until I could go get Luke! It’s been much easier/better since then. Hope the same is true for you:)
Tell A.P. we are proud of him as well as his cousins!
By now you have survived another milestone with A.P.! Hope he had a great first day of school, just remember to send him again tomorrow!!
Now I’m sad because my sons have officially outgrown the laptimes.
I feel your pain, sista! First day here too, and Abby jumped onto the school bus without hesitation. At school, she ran into the classroom with a small backwards wave and never looked back. Sigh – Mark and I were the only ones crying!
I went to three of the Early Childhood Essentials seminars this summer (the only one on your list that I attended is the Play-Grow-Read seminar). They were good and informative!
I thought I might cry at the sight of my big 1st grader standing in line with all the other kids waiting to go into school yesterday….nope, not one tear. I am loving the quiet house that I forgot about. Although today it’s a little too quiet, I think I might have to find a hobby.