Note To Self: Start Talking Up "State Schools" in a BIG WAY
August 27, 2008
Dear Noah,
Today was your second day of school. Guess what! You really, really love school.
And Noah, I'm so happy you're happy there, and that you enjoy all the activities and toys and play so well with the other children -- there are always a couple kids sobbing on the rug in the morning and still sobbing on the rug at lunchtime and oh dear heavens, I'm so relieved that you're so confident and comfortable there already -- but was the cheerful "BYE BYE! MORE SCHOOL! OKAY!" and the forceful and literal PUSHING OF MY BUTT out the door when I came to pick you up really necessary? And then the tantrum and the clinging to your teacher's leg? And the hurling of your body onto the floor and the hysterical weeping the entire way down the hallway and back to the car that I'm sure caused several people to wonder if they should intervene with the toddlernapping going down out in the parking lot? All of that? Necessary? Really?
I just think there may be a better way to express your love of school, is all.
Love,
Your Mother Who Is Having Another Baby And Totally DOESN'T NEED YOU ANYMORE EITHER
PS. That was a lie. Your dimples are practically oxygen.
i'm concerned he does not like school.
regular reader, never commenter. loveyou. i hope you embrace your fans' love and completely ignore any stupidity. you are lovely.
I remember my son's first day of school, just standing there waiting for the big fuss and he just walked inside...just walked away without a second look...all "this is nirvana and I may never go home again". I stood outside the door and bawled until they made me leave.
My God, wasn't he JUST starting to get the evil teeth? How the heck did he manage to get a whole smile in there?! He's growing up way too fast!
PS He is insanely adorable and must be smooshed
PPS The DIMPLES. Heaven help the girls in his class--and consequently you and Jason.
Oh mannnnn well, that´s good that he´s happy there REALLY REALLY HAPPY. I see what you mean about the dimples being oxygen.
Talk about getting schooled by your own child...yikes. I get more of that when I drop 3B off--the "you're still here?" looks--but when I pick him up, he's ready to go...see Mommy, of course. I'm just the driver, but he tolerates me well.
ooh his smile makes me smile too. :X
I know that feeling all too well... see ya MOM ... later alligator! And off they go without my protective instints! UGH!
They have entered the world - the entire world.
Wait till you get, 'NO, MOM, you are wrong, the teacher says ...
I put mah baybee on the bus today. It is glorious having the house to myself all day long. (Of course, I've only been alone for 4 hours - it might wear off, this joyous solitude.)
Nah. It's gonna be great. I'm so friggin' happy to be alone in my house!!!!!
Gah! I love his shirt.
My P was the one sobbing on the rug. Poor little P-nut. She does love school now and is excited to go back.
By the way...LOVE the dimples! He will be a heartbreaker!
You know, after spending last year watching my boss come in to work defeated because once again her two year old flung himself backward on the floor, screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO", and sobbed heartbrokenly all day (and she watched it on the school's website which had a feed in the room), and then when asked how school was today, his only response was "OK, Daddy came and got me" - you just don't realize how lucky you are.
My 3 year old adores school too. Sometimes when I arrive to pick her up, she says 'why are you here, Mommy?' Uh, to take you home. Sheesh. Way to make me feel totally loved. Gah!
So glad he loves school! Can't wait to hear all the little stories.
My kid does the same thing. "Bye, bye Mommy." I'm like, "What is this well-adjusted bullshit. Don't I get a hug?"
They act like teenagers so fast!
Love,
andreaaskowitz.com
This is what I call a productivity killer for parents. I read this and I just have to stop work and daydream about my son.
Rick from
Tiny Prints
This post is recommended reading from celebrity baby blog, lol.
http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/08/around-the-w-19.html
these pictures totally made me miss the little boys that used to live at my house. they are pretty grown up now at 22 and 15 and I miss those years - so nice to read your blog and realize you are enjoying them as well. I wish I'd blogged so I could remember some of these details - ps - I LOVE the shirt. little boys in man shirts kill me.
Twilight is the best of the series. I had lust in my heart for Edward.
He's an amazing little boy that Noah! I'm glad that he's loving school! It'll be ok Amy, I promise! :)
So funny and so true. Mine did the same to me more than once. I got him back by loving his little sister more and giving her candy whenever she asked.
Be glad he likes it. My son gave me the big "thumbs up" from his seat in kindergarten (he had been in preschool at our own daycare so I wasn't sure how it would work since I wasn't there all day with him).
All the parents of crying kids wee like...ohhh look, Walker is giving his mommy a thumbs up. Ask me how all the mommies in the room knew who "Walker" was. I have no other clue other than us owning the daycare and his natural tendency to be a politician and try to get the kids to quit crying, talking to any and everyone who will listen and just being a happy camper. He really is a happy camper. Noah sounds happy to.
Now, my 3-year-old, even in our own daycare, I had to pry him from my body every morning. I suspect he will still be holding onto my pants leg when I drop him off in the 3rd grade.....just that different.
Oh Lord. My son used to do this almost every day when I picked him up from daycare. He'd tell me, "GO BACK TO WORK, MOM!"
He'd hang on to his teacher and cry and say he didn't want to go home with me.
Yeah. They neeeever looked at me like I'm some criminally insane child abuser. Thanks, son!