Mikaela starts Kindergarten; Jonathan starts at the CDC

Mikaela started kindergarten at Cottonwood Point Elementary School on Monday. So far, she LOVES school. She was nervous in the days leading up to school starting. She worried about not knowing anyone’s name and, oddly, about there not being a bathroom. In fact, in amongst all of the things she excitedly told me about her first day of school was, “Oh, and they DO have a bathroom.” She likes her teacher, Mrs. Hopkins. On the first day, her favorite thing was meeting the computer teacher (and finding out that they were going to get to use computers) and the new friends at her group of four desks. On the second day, she was most excited about reading a story about The Gingerbread Man — and about following clues to find a hidden Gingerbread Man in the library.

After school, Mikaela goes to the AKK program at the JCC. She likes the busy AKK schedule (which includes swimming twice a week), and bringing her princess lunchbox with the lunch she’s made herself in it. She’s adjusting to the lack of naptime.

Speaking of adjusting, Jonathan’s adjustment to the CDC is going a bit more slowly than Mikaela’s adjustment to kindergarten. On his first day, Monday, he started out OK but had a major meltdown in the afternoon - so major that the CDC had Miriam come and pick him up early. On Tuesday, he did a bit better. He got picked up a bit early anyway, because Miriam was picking Mikaela up for an appointment anyway. He had been crying, but it was just after naptime and he’s often cranky right after waking up. Hopefully, by the end of the week, he’ll hit his stride.