It's official, C's a bonafide Kindergartner! We walked up the hill just before 8am to join his class in time for breakfast. When it was time to get my kisses and go C did not want to stay, he said "I want to be with you today" which of course always breaks my heart. But I knew he'd have fun as soon as I left, and of course he did!
When I picked him up he was at the Science Center where I just had to get a photo of some of the "hands on materials". If you can't tell, that is a plastic heart and a plastic brain. They are painted with red blood and displayed on bloody trays! I can't imagine I would ever come upon this gory scene if he were at public kindergarten, just a guess.
After collecting his backpack he slid, skipped and ran all the way to the car to listen to a few chapters of Pirates Past Noon (Magic Tree House) on the way home. We have just started reading these books at home and yesterday when we had our speedy quick dinner before orientation we went to Wendy's where the kids meal toy was Magic Tree House audio books. Since we got two kids meals, we got two different books (which are each over 30 minutes long). Wendy's has the best kids meal toys by the way- I could go into a whole other topic here but I'll just stop now to save face.
After we got home we decided to celebrate with our first (and last) treat from the ice cream truck this summer. He knew what he wanted before we even got to the truck (actually the beat up old minivan). I think the correct term for this corn syrup, artificial flavor and artificial color concoction is "Drano on a Stick".
Luckily as we were walking away with our $2 (gasp! I know, I can't believe I paid that much for a Popsicle either) treasure, C asked, "when can 
I eat this?" I told him it was a special treat to celebrate his first day of school and he could eat it right now. To which he replied, "No, I think I'll save it for after I have dinner. It's got so much sugar and I need some healthy food first." Score! There is hope.
Well, not too much hope. He still looked like a pirate after he finished it.
3 comments:
Have you seen the new damage control ads for high fructose corn syrup ... "It's okay in moderation just like sugar". It makes me smile. It's incredible to think all those round faced babies are full fledged kindergarteners this year. I'm happy to hear about the audio books idea from Wendy's thanks for the tip!
Your little buddy is such a stud! I love reading about how you guys are doing! Go Kindergarten!!
Kristin
My boys LOVE Magic Tree House -- we first stumbled on it the last time Wendy's had the audio books. (I think we're on book 24 or 25 now??)I took my kindergartner to Wendy's after his Kindergarten Orientation and we got Dolphins at Daybreak. Does yours have a little song at the end from the MTH Musical <-- can you believe that! Anyhow, he LOVES it and has made me play it 28 million times now! LOL Speaking of love, he would absolutely LOVE that brain and heart -- what a crack-up!
Sarah
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