La Vida Loca De Flores

From the moment Kolt turned 5, he was ready to go to school. He woke up on his birthday and said "Okay, I'm ready to go to school!" How sad it was to tell him that he still had nearly 7 months to wait until he could start kindergarten. He was devastated!

So began the looong wait until the beginning of kindergarten for Kolt. He watched every day as his brothers and cousins marched off to school, and he was stuck at home with Mommy. Nearly every day, he asked how much longer it would be until he could go to school.

Needless to say, I was delighted when a small light appeared in the "middle" of the tunnel. In April, the school district has a registration day for kindergartners where the future kinders get to go to "school." Parents fill out registration forms and check shot records, and the kids get to meet with the actual kindergarten teachers and do assessment type of activities to make sure they kids are ready for kindergarten and what they know already, etc., etc.

Kolt was so excited for this day! We said it was his "First Day of School." So we called the health nurse to make sure his shots were up to date, and wouldn't you know it, he needed 2 shots. So first thing that morning we headed for the health office and Kolt got his 2 shots. He did not want to do it, but reluctantly agreed that if it had to be done in order to go to school, he would go through with it.

Then, later that morning was the moment he had been waiting for...to walk into a school and get to hold a pencil and write his name and answer questions. He was so fearless and went straight down that hall with his teacher for the hour and didn't look back. Of course, since he is my baby, once I was done with my "homework," I snuck down the hallway to see how he was doing, and of course he was doing great...all smiles!

When he was finished, he and his teacher came out and let me know he had done so well! The teacher said he scored above average on every concept and probably could have been in her kindergarten class that year...and she was amazed when I told her he hadn't ever been to preschool!

It was official...HE WAS READY! That was probably one of his happiest days up to that point in his little life...and was much too short...and now he has to wait another 4 months until his next "First Day of School!"