Kindergarten

Today is certainly a milestone to post about. Cole started Kindergarten today and he was more than excited. He literally came running out of his room this morning after waking up. He has carried a big toothy smile on his face for the past couple of days and our conversations have been sprinkled with new friends, backpacks, lunch time and other Kindergarten expectations.

Cole rushed through his morning routine, which consists of picking an outfit out (a UofM shirt and shorts), eating his Lucky Charms, brushing his teeth, combing his hair and putting on his shoes. Today he also double checked what we packed him for lunch and we made sure he could open up the zip lock bags easily (adorable).

He actually waited for us to finish getting ready while continuously singing out "Are we ready yet? Are we ready yet?" Mommy finished her makeup, we strapped Cooper to Daddy's tummy and set out.

The school is a rock's throw from our house so walking there this morning was already very familiar. We took photos of Cole in front of the school, and again his smile was ear to ear. We navigated our way past the library and the "big boys and girls" classrooms until we found Mrs. Joseph's room. Cole signed in his name, put his lunch in the "lunch basket", found his seat and began coloring the picture of a tree that was set out for all the little ones to color. The room got crowded quickly with all the children finding their places and their mommies and daddies right behind them.

Cole stopped coloring and looked up at us to say "You can go now." I replied "Are you sure? It looks like all the other parents are staying." He assured me is was fine and continued turning the blank foliage on the page green with his crayon. Jimmy and I looked at one another feeling a little deflated and proud at the same time. I gave Cole a kiss and when Daddy tried to get a high five Cole responded that he was "too busy." He is certainly a big boy.

We returned home and when I walked into the living room and saw his Transformer and superhero toys on the floor I began to cry. Jimmy smiled and comforted me. I'm his Mommy what can one expect? They were not necessarily tears of sadness but more of realization. The truth is that I am very happy for Cole. He is such an inquisitive boy and the knowledge school will offer him should be quite satisfying.

As I tended to little Cooper at home I could hear the little boys and girls on the playground at the school. It made me smile wondering if one of those squeals of joy was my little boy.