August 9th Cooper's 1st day of School

(Very excited to wear his backpack)

August 9th, 2010 was Cooper's first day of ALL DAY KINDERGARTEN! I didn't realize they have all day here until another boy's mom told me which made me really excited but nervous at the same time! Cooper still was taking naps some days so I didn't know how he would do. They start at 8:45 and end at 3:10 for Kindergarten as they get out 5 minutes early to get to the buses before the older kids.

The Friday before school started they had a little meet and greet your teacher for a couple hours. I took Cooper to meet his teacher as his school had just called me Thursday and changed it. They said class sizes were getting too big and they added a new teacher. Cooper still says he isn't going to school but then I tell him he can't ride on the bus and he changes his mind so I am thankful for school buses! It is kind of annoying taking all 4 kids around the corner where everyone drives too fast every morning but it gets Cooper to school....You may be asking why don't I call and get it changed and believe you me I am trying! Cooper is the only one to get on the bus in the morning and the two other boys that get off in the afternoon live farther down on our street so there is no reason to keep the stop the same!! But they have bigger issues and they have to change their insurance to be covered on our street so it will be another three weeks before it is changed she said! GRRRR! Only reason I hate it is because it is 90 degrees outside at 7:56am when he catches the bus and about 105 on average when he gets off the bus at 3:50 and those are the times the bus is supposed to arrive (so I drive in the afternoon how bad is that?!) ....Let's just say it comes about 5 minutes later than scheduled...But it's better than in the beginning where it was about 10-15 minutes late picking up and dropping off...

First day of school Ryan took Cooper and they both did great! I thought I would be an emotional wreck but I did pretty good! Not sure if it was the lack of sleep or how much I loved how quiet the house was ... and still is :) Ryan also picked him up from school that day and what do you know...He got into trouble!! So everyday we ask him how his day was and then if he got into trouble! It is a little frustrating since he has only had one good day since last Monday. But he missed last Thursday and Friday because of a stomach / fever bug he and Reese came down with. Yuck! He is learning a lot and is really good in a lot of areas but having never been to preschool he is testing his boundaries.

I find it interesting that they did not do assessments here. Cooper did not have one but his teacher does evaluate them three times a year. I just hope that he can learn what he needs to and we can work with his teacher in any way to help him! I love him being at school and how tired it makes him but he is experiencing a lot which I know will help him grow in so many different ways!