So I was COMPLETELY nervous about kindergarten orientation tonight. He and I had to ride the bus, go to his classroom for him to stay and I had to leave for a parents' meeting. He had slept all afternoon because his allergies are HORRIFIC this year, so he was pretty low-key. Several times on the bus he told me he wanted to go home. I was bracing for a fiasco. That little peanut walked right into his class, told me goodbye and never shed a tear. When I went to pick him back up after the meeting, Mrs. Willemstein (his teacher) said he participated and even sung the songs she did (Brooks turns around backwards at church in the choir and does NOT sing- EVER! and Mrs. Willemstein is his choir teacher at church too so she knew how huge it was for him to sing tonight!) He was proud as punch to show me all the handouts he had gotten, his folder, his bus tag, etc. and he was on cloud 9. I was so proud of him. Here are a few pictures of his allergy-ridden self and one of the fish he caught at mom and dad's. Off to bed for me- work day tomorrow for teachers.




Classic, classic Brooks photo. I told him to pose with his teacher, and this was his response. I didn't complain since he had done everything else he was supposed to. I told Ryan that I am happy he did this for the picture because this is his true personality in new situations. :-) Notice his bruised-looking, swollen eyes?????- ALLERGIES!!!! Yuck!!!
But we SURE DO LOVE Mrs. Willemstein. I know she will take good care of my baby, and she knows his antics well!
8 comments:
Awe - way to go Brooks! On to the big things in life - wow!
Go Brooks! There is alot going on in this little guys mind right now. Lots of changes. Big stuff! Enjoy school today--- Sarah.
I love Brooks! He is so sweet! Looks like he had good time at Kindergarten orientation. Jeffrey had his Monday night and did great. It really helped that he had Young 5's last year so nothing about the building was new to him! He also did well with Ms. Donaldson, who is his teacher! Don't forget if you ever have a morning that you need help you can drop them off and I'll bring them to school!
Brooks is such a doll! Love him to pieces and how lucky is he to have the best Kindergarten teacher in the whole world! He's going to have a great year!
I need to find a picture of my brother Mike when he was little because Brooks looks JUST like him in some of those pictures. Mike also was a very nervous kid and had terrible allergies. Wild!
I am happy to hear that he is fighting his nerves and jumping right into things.
You just give that boy a hug for me! Love and miss him and all of you.
Mom
Good job Brooks! School is big stuff! And soccer will come once he realizes how fun it can be. School already! Ugh!
OK - so I didn't show Kyle the pic you posted of him mooning you, but I wanted to tell you that you've been tagged as a blog I love (might have something to do with the fact that Kyle's white butt is on your blog!)
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