The Wahrmund Family: 2nd Grader and Kindergartener

The boys started school on Sept 4. Zac is not even 5 yet, but the deadline here is Sept 30. He barely made it! I think he is the youngest in his class. The thought to wait one more year crossed my mind, but he has proven in so many ways that he is ready for this venture, I didn't want to hold him back. Of course he had some separation anxiety those first couple days, but despite that, he continues to get up and on the bus every morning without fuss. What a brave boy! It is a pretty long day for kindergarteners and I wish they offered half day. I think it helps that he rides the bus with his big brother and since Scotty hasn't showed any concern, it has helped Zac build confidence. In fact, we have felt a little guilty because we've been so busy trying to prep Zac for this, we've been able to side step Scotty a little and he hasn't made any noise about any of it. Before school started he said "2nd grade is going to be so hard"...but now after a week, he is saying that 2nd grade is "so easy". He likes his teacher and the two kids that seemed to be a bit of a distraction for him last year are not in his class this year. It appears the boys are both getting into the swing of things and Zac even saying the other day that he is starting to like school a little more. At this school they base behavior on a color system...so, good behavior is green, bad is red and there are some warning colors in between. They have both been on green everyday, but Scotty has gotten the highest behavior mark twice now, which is purple. I find myself getting giddy by the time 4pm rolls around, excited to meet them at the bus and hear all about their day. It is nice to have quiet days and have one on one time with Trev, but I miss those guys during the day!

We were in Nebraska when they had orientation, so I had planned on taking the boys to school on the first day so I could meet the teachers, see the classrooms, etc...but I found out the school was strongly discouraging parents from doing that in order to limit the back to school chaos. I could've gone anyway, but its probably good I didn't. Avoided all potential for a separation meltdown at school.