Friday, April 18, 2008

First day of school!

Brian walking to school on his first day of kindergarden.
Brian couldn't wait to go to school. He was waiting outside for me to hurry up so he could get there.
Yesterday was Brian's first day of school and it was a success (at least for Brian, not mommy)! John woke Brian up yesterday morning and the first thing he said was "School today?" I didn't think enough time passed for the chicken pox to heal but John insisted we let him go. On the way to school, I kept telling John that we needed a note from the doctor saying he could go back. John of course said no we didn't. When we got to the school, we took him in the front office to say he was here and to see the nurse. She said he was fine to start. John thinks I was hoping she would say we needed a doctors note and that he couldn't go today. Maybe he was right.
The kindergarden classes eat lunch at 1040 so I told the teacher we would be back then.
Boy, 2 and a half hours sure went by reallllllllllllllllllllly slow. I kept looking at my watch. I was thinking that Brian would be missing us. When we got there for lunch, he acted all embarrassed that we were there. Of course, we were the only parents there so I guess that is why. John told him we would leave and he just said "Bye-bye!" I was heart broken but at the same time happy to see that he was just fine. We stopped by to ask the teacher how he was doing and she said he started to get a little restless but with her help, he did his work. Every morning, they put their stuff up and them get a blank piece of paper. On this paper, they have to write the sentence that is on the board and then color the sheet. We are not sure what he did the rest of the day but it must have been fun because Brian couldn't wait to get to school today.
Before school today, we had his follow up doctor's appt. All his lab work came back okay except for one thing. Something about possible allergies. They want to recheck that blood work in a few months and see if it has cleared or if he will need to be allergy tested. He now can get his last 2 shots and his immunizations will be up to date. Since he has started school, he shots have to be current so we couldn't help to get them already.
On another note, we have started the readoption process already. We filled out the paperwork yesterday. Since Texas doesn't require a 6 month wait since Brian is already legally adopted we have decided to do the readoptin here rather than our home state of West Virginia. John and I are both residents of West Virginia but are in Texas due to a military assignment. We had the choice of either state. John really wanted him to have a WV birth certificate but once we weighed the pros and cons, it would be cheaper and easier just to do it here. Also, by doing it now, Brian's name will be legally changed by the time he starts 1st grade and there won't be any problem with using Brian rather than German. Everybody who sees his name has pronounced it just like it is spelled so he doesn't respond to that since his birth name is actually pronounced Hermahn in Colombia. Oh, by the way, my little boy is now writing his first name by himself!!!!!! He is learning so fast and I am so proud of him.
Tiffany is doing much better too. She is started to feel more relaxed with him and acting more like a sister rather than a mother figure. Tiffany is also doing really great in school and I am so proud of her.

3 comments:

The Jensen Family said...

Excellent! Congrats on making it through the first day of school. What a big day for all.

Traci

Genece said...

Brian looks so proud to be going to school! What a big moment for him! Glad to see and hear how he's enjoying it. Thanks for sharing all you do. I love hearing about the adjustments!
Genece

Solomon Family said...

Glad to finally have a chance to get caught up with your blog. Good to see that Brian is enjoying school and is excited to go. A lot of kids are sometimes a bit intimidated! Great job mom, dad and big sis!
Chicken Pox......poor sweet boy!!!!! That's just miserable! The only benefit was he got one more week at home with mom! LOL!

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Laura and family