first day of school

First day of school:
2 hours before school:
Alex- I don’t want to go to school. I don’t want new friends, just old friends.
1 hour before school:
Alex- I need you to go to school with me.
Chloe – No! I don’t want you to go school!
½ hour before school Alex decides he can do it by himself
When picking the kids up from school the teacher walks the kids to the car and says – “They are going to be very easy, they can do everything I asked”
After we pull away from school:
Chloe – “we only read one book. It was about pancakes. It wasn’t very fun”
Me- “the book wasn’t very fun?”
Chloe – “yeah”.
Me – 20 questions
Chloe – There is a girl named Natalie in my class. 2 of them.
Alex – Mom, I made friend! I have race car shoes and he has race car shoes.
Me- did you talk about your shoes?
Alex – Yes!
Me – did you ask the boy his name?
Alex – No
Chloe – The teacher said we had to take a break from playing and have a snack.
Me – What did you eat?
Chloe – Graham crackers, but only one and it wasn’t sugary race car ones.
Me – Did you paint and color?
Chloe – yes, I brought a project home
Me – I’m so excited!
Chloe - It is a surprise for Halloween. (She still won’t let me see it, it isn’t Halloween yet)
Alex – I wanted to paint but the teacher said “no”
Me – today was a short day, there may not have been enough time. Maybe next time there will be enough time for everyone to paint. Did you need me today at school? (I had told them earlier that the teacher can do everything I can do and they wouldn’t need me)
Alex- I was a little scared
Me – Do you think you will be a little scared next time, or did you learn today that school is not scary?
Alex – I think I’ll be a little scared next time.
Later that evening Alex and talked again about his being scared. I told him that doing something scary is brave. He insists that he was scared, not brave. I asked him if his teacher gave him a hug would he be less scared. He says he would be less scared. I asked if hugging the teacher would be scary. He says no. I asked him if he wants me to put a note in his tote bag to tell the teacher that he is a little scared and would like a hug. He says that is a good idea. We talk a little more and he says he’s afraid he’ll get lost at school. I can understand that. Tomorrow we’ll try to think of ways to help him worry less about getting lost. Maybe we’ll go over to school as the Friday kids are leaving and let him get used to walking the halls.