So Sami started kindergarten. On her first day I cried. I kept it together until it was time to say the prayer and leave. Then I started crying. Then Janie started pretend crying and saying "Sami, Sami." Then Sami started hugging everyone. It was almost comical. But we did it and she LOVED it. In fact, she has told me twice that she loves kindergarten more than home. That almost made cry too but in a totally different kind of sad way :).
And everything was going great until Wednesday. Wednesday is an early out day and I FORGOT!! they get out an hour and half earlier on Wednesdays than other days. Her teacher called me after they had been dismissed for 15 minutes and I felt SO BAD! To make it worse, I had told her teacher I would pick up her up at a new spot, so she was confused to begin with when teachers took her to a new pick up spot and then she got scared when I wasn't there. I ran down to the school and into the office where Sami was quietly crying. I felt so, so bad. When she saw me she burst into sobs and I just hugged her and told her how sorry I was. Then we went out for ice cream and that really helped us feel better. I feel so bad just thinking about it. I guess that means I will never forget again, I hope.
Her teacher was so nice and said lots of families forgot since it was the first week. Needless to say I now have reminders on my phone and it is in big bold letters on the calendar.
Sami's teacher is Mr. Greve. To be honest, I wasn't totally thrilled when I found out her teacher was a man. I just hadn't heard of that before. But he is great. Sami adores him and tells me all the time how funny he is and how he tries to trick them. He sends home emails almost everyday to all the parents telling us what they are working on. I think it's going to be great.
On Thursday Jonathan took his internal medicine boards. This very, very expensive test has been haunting us for months. He has studied every day for months for it. We found out in three months if he passed. I hope he did. I think he did.
And then on Friday Janie started preschool.
When I went to pick her up after her first day she said, "Mom, some kids are coming over for a play date. I told them where I live." Uh, probably not going to happen, Janie. Then she says, "I have a new friend. He's a boy. He's so handsome. He gave me lots of hugs and a kiss. But I didn't kiss him because no kissing at school, Mom."
Oh, dear.
To top off our fantastically stressful and full week, we decided to go to the Iowa State Fair on Saturday. We got up and started getting ready. Jonathan went to make sure all the people who signed up to clean the church were there and got in the building.
Nope, they weren't there.
Two people showed up. Jonathan stayed and cleaned for 3 hours.
So instead we went to the zoo. It was kinda disappointing but after two and half hours at the zoo, the girls were whining and saying how tired they were. We realized that maybe a all day fair trip would be better next year anyway.
So here's hoping for a good week. I won't forget to pick up Sami on her early out day and know I know that all my kids love where they are. Phew. Now I can get some sleep.
