Kayden - Day 1 at GSMS

Today was Kayden's first day at Good Shepherd.  We've been talking about it since the end of last week.  She knew that she would be going to Keeley's little school with Mrs. Sutton and Mrs. Alva.  I wasn't at all worried because she's met a lot of the kids before and she sees the teachers every day for carpool.  However, this morning did not start out well!  We had a good ten minutes of flailing and crying because she didn't want to wear her uniform.  Fortunately, big sister quickly went and found a matching shirt which seemed to appease Kayden. Plus, look how cute they are with their green shirts!!

 

 Good Shepherd is really good about transitions.  Since this was Kayden's first day, she would not go through carpool.  I would take her about 15 minutes into class and stay with her the entire time she was there (about an hour and a half).  This meant that she stayed in the car while Keeley did carpool.  The entire way to school we talked about Kayden going to school and she kept saying "No. Karen and Ronda" (those are her old teachers).  When Keeley's teachers came to the car, Kayden literally hid - she covered her face and looked down.  I was getting more and more nervous about how it would go once we were in class.

I didn't need to be worried, however.  Kayden clung to my leg for about one minute once we were in the classroom and then she hardly even acknowledged I was there for the next hour and a half.  Mrs. Sutton said I probably don't even need to come in tomorrow with her!

Funniest thing about the entire morning was snack time.  The kiddos made muffins.  Kayden got right up there with the rest of them helping the teacher.  When the muffins were ready, she patiently waited her turn.  In the classroom, there is a little table with two chairs that they put flowers on for snack time.  This means that only two kiddos can have their snack at a time.  When it was Kayden's turn, she sat down and had her two muffins.  Mrs. Sutton told her that she couldn't have any more just yet because we had to let all the friends have a turn.  She told Kayden she could have more muffins when the second batch came out.  Kayden tried one more "please" and then cleaned her spot and pushed her chair in (impressing me!).

She did a few more works in the class and kept eyeing the snack table and her friends having snacks.  She really wanted another mini-muffin.  She went and stood next to the table for a moment.  Then she went to another table, got a chair, and put it down at the snack table.  Even Mrs. Sutton laughed and told her that she "was impressed by her ingenuity" but that it still wasn't time for her to have more snack yet.