It went very well, no tears - not even from me! The kids were very excited and they marched off quite confidently. Adam started to have a tiny moan but then I just said in a cheery voice "bye bye my darling, have a lovely day!" and off I went.
When I came to fetch them, Teacher Julia said they were fine. There was one moment where Adam stepped into a thorn and apparently cried a little. And by 'cried a little' I am quite sure she meant YELLED BLUE MURDER, LOUD ENOUGH TO GIVE ALL OF THE TEACHING STAFF CARDIAC ARREST. Oh well, it's good they get to know him well early on.
I asked them about their day, which is always like getting blood out of a stone, but I got bits and pieces. Adam said that Teacher Julia LET HIM PLAY OUTSIDE! Which is Adam's best thing in the world. He ran and climbed (and stood in a thorn). Kate said that actually she didn't have such a great day because Teacher Julia wouldn't let her leave the classroom to find me. I explained that I had left for work and that I would always be back to pick them up. So she said 'but I wanted you'. Poor dears. However, she did make friends with the girl in the red shirt because the girl in the red shit had laughed at her jokes and thought she was very funny. A sense of humour is very important in a relationship.
It did go well. Looks like a nice school, a nice teacher and a nice bunch of kids. The next big chapter of our lives. So far so good!
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I'm glad they had such a great day.
One thing I learned from someone when my kids were little is to ask very specific questions like "what was your favorite part of today" or "did anything funny happen today - tell me about it" It's easier for them than if you ask them "what did you do today" because they can't shuffle through the day to pick out something to talk about but with a little prompt they can.
Posted by: 21stCentury Mom | 14 January 2010 at 06:40 AM
Love kiddie logic :-) It's great that they had a good day and no tears. (Parting tears that is.)
Posted by: Cams | 14 January 2010 at 07:09 AM
The first day of school is the best!!! I just love it! I am so glad your kids had a good first day! Loved the story!
Posted by: Mama Holli | 14 January 2010 at 08:02 AM
Teacher Julia IS GREAT...The kids will be just fine
Posted by: Tanya | 14 January 2010 at 08:38 AM
oh my boys are still like that when I ask them about their day they say "maaaaa, we're tired can't we talk about this later." Then in their next breath tell each other a million things they did and said.
Posted by: Meriel | 14 January 2010 at 09:30 AM
21stCentury Mom is very right. If you want to find out school things try if you can find out the schedule and the names of the activities. Who knows if it is called writing or letters or words or pencil playtime?
Good luck and thanks for the pictures.
Posted by: Valery Valentina | 14 January 2010 at 09:35 AM
LOVE the Jungle Beat backpack. My kids have the t-shirt and the DVD and I love...the fact that DVD has no words.
My son is doing well in grade R. Daughter's first day of nursery is today and...I think she is okay. She's much harder than the first.
Posted by: tiah | 14 January 2010 at 10:17 AM
LOL glad the red shirt girl is nice :)
Posted by: Jeanette | 14 January 2010 at 11:30 AM
You are such a FAB mom.... I am starting to get so nervous for my littly who starts proper pre-school next week.... no more play group! Eeek! Hope mine finds a red shirt girl too.
Posted by: JessieB | 14 January 2010 at 03:28 PM
Ok, this may be a weird question, but here goes....
What do you put in your kids backpacks? My son goes to preschool and does not carry one. Just curious!
PS You might want to edit second red shirt. It's a little shitty. HA! I kill me!
Posted by: Jeanna | 14 January 2010 at 05:37 PM
Don't want to start a war, but it looks like they are wearing shoes!!!!! ;-)
Posted by: Melissa | 14 January 2010 at 06:57 PM
Teacher Julia is great. They're going to have a great start with her.
How early/ late were you to be able to take photos like that with no-one else in them? There were crowds when we arrived...
Posted by: Jess | 14 January 2010 at 09:30 PM
Darling souls! Spell check hon...(refer "red shit" heheh!!)
Posted by: juliette | 14 January 2010 at 11:17 PM
The red shit made me laugh so hard!
Posted by: Debbie in the UK | 15 January 2010 at 06:38 PM
awwww.....i got a little teary reading about adam and kate's first day. made me think that my Kid's first day at big school is not that far away either....
having a bit of a hard time adjusting to not being a SAHM any more, and thought I was dealing with it quite well until reading this post and realising that there's going to be so much that i'm going to miss out on. and...now i'm howling.
xx
Posted by: ExMi | 16 January 2010 at 11:55 AM
Katie is wearing a cute dress!! That's sweet. It is nice that they have each other. I think I will enroll with my son when the time comes.
Posted by: Dana | 18 January 2010 at 11:54 PM
Sorry for the typo! I meant Kate, not Katie...
Posted by: Dana | 18 January 2010 at 11:56 PM
They're looking so grown-up, Tertia! So glad to hear the school transition went well.
Posted by: jenn | 19 January 2010 at 04:29 PM
What a wonderful post! Things haven't changed a bit since I saw my kids off to kindergarten - many many years ago. One daughter was so excited on her first day that she ran at top speed to her friends house down the block, fell, and severely skinned up knee. But we got it "fixed" up in time to make it to school.
Posted by: Anne | 21 January 2010 at 01:08 AM