Tate Goes to Big Boy School

Tate started Kindergarten today at Harvest Ridge. HR is a cute, small, charter school in Newcastle. Last night we decided what clothes to wear, made a lunch, put all of his goodies in his backpack & put his bag of supplies by the door so I wouldn't forget it. Included in the bag of supplies were extra boxes of kleenex and more than the requested amount of bandaids. Given Tate's habit of wiping his nose before it actually is running and using bandaids to cover up anything that might be blood, it seemed like we should contribute more than what was asked for.

This morning I got up found Tate curled up in the corner of the couch playing games on my computer. I convinced him to get dressed and eat some scrambled eggs. We left home without any drama. So far, so good. After dropping Kaleb off at school, Tate and I went to Harvest Ridge. He learned what to do with his backpack, homework, lunch box & water bottle. Right away he made a friend! He and his new friend, Tanner, tested out how fast their new school shoes would go! He lined up with his classmates, did the Pledge of Allegience with the whole school & headed to class with his teacher. As they walked in to class, I waved good-bye and ran. Yes, ran. He wasn't crying & I didn't want to stick around long enough for him to start!

After school, Tate said "My body was having so much fun, my brain wasn't worried about when you were coming to pick me up." And that is saying something! He's also excited to have more homework to do, had fun with his PE teacher and did some math and science. He couldn't remember what the math or science assignments were but he did remember some of the playground rules. He's very excited that he gets to go to "real" school now "like the big kids".