Matthew's First Day and week of School

Matt was excited for his first day of Kindergarten. Although he wanted to pick out his own clothes and was disappointed that he had to wear the clothes mommy chose for him. He looked so cute wearing the humongous backpack he chose for school. The first day of school the Kindergarten and morning Preschool class are taken into the gymnasium by their parents to be paired up with their teacher after the principal reads a story to them. Matt's teacher is Mrs. Borometti, who has been teaching at Washington school since she came out of college 17 years ago. She is definitely the kind of teacher Matt needs. The second day of school the kids line up with their class outside the school with the other grades. Matt had a harder time this day. He kept asking me "you'll pick me up" "your sure" over and over again which ultimately lead to tears. His teacher said he was perfectly fine once he was in his class. Each day this week got a little better. Now, he just waves at me the whole time he is waiting in line to go to class....cute, but my arm gets very tired. Our biggest obstacle so far is his name. His teacher is not one for nicknames, so Matt has to write "Matthew" on his school work. So, each night this week, I had him writing his name 7 times - which was torture for him. Homework is so not going to be fun! Well, yesterday he came home with his first paper with his full name written on it....only issue was he used a capital "A" instead of lowercase. I was just so happy he remembered and attempted to write "Matthew".

We found out per a requested items list from his teacher that she is a bit of a germ fanatic which she proudly admits to. My personal take is that a extra clean classroom means Matt may just get perfect attendance this year.

Matt has adjusted well to the full day of school. He was tired yesterday from the four day week of school and after a fall down a few of our house stairs, which sent him into an emotional meltdown, he slept for about 2 hours. He loves telling us all about what happens in his classroom - we got a very detailed report on how his teacher knocked a picture frame from her desk and how, why and who cleaned it up. One thing is for sure, he is going to have a lot to say this year.