Kindergarten Orientation Recap
1. Elizabeth is the prettiest girl.* She also has Morning Kindergarten, because PA is a state that believes in screwing over working mothers while pouring money into outside after-school-care programs.
*I'm not prefacing that opinion with polite demurs. She's stunning.
2. I'm supposed to send Elizabeth to school with "a small, healthy snack". She's there for 2 1/2 hours. I wanted to bang my head off the wall and howl, "My God! STOP WITH THE SNACK INSANITY! CHILDREN CAN GO A FEW HOURS WITHOUT JAMMING LUNCHABLES IN THEIR FACE HOLES!!!!"
3. The principal impressed me by laying on the floor beside a difficult boy who decided to face plant and refused to get up. This guy impressed me before with lightening fast e-mail responses and a reputation for being hands on--but laying on the floor to talk to a kid? Whoa.
4. Elizabeth did not cling, cry, or freak out. In fact, I was a little late getting to her after the Orientation Bus Ride, and instead of finding her in traumatized tears (like the others) she was leaning against the school wall like a Pink Lady.
5. A clump of moms near me got to know each other by describing their recent 30th Birthday Bar Hops, which then progressed to a scathing review of "obvious 21 year olds" and their trying-too-hard dresses. Because after all, what mom's mind DOESN'T turn to inappropriate clubbin' outfits beside the PTA sign up sheet?
6. All of the Kindergarten teachers are 23, blond, perky, tiny...and help coach Varsity Cheerleading. I wish I were joking. To deal with my rampant 30-something, post-baby-body jealousy, I hereby codename Elizabeth's teacher Miss OMG!
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| Get used to this picture. I love it so much, I'll probably flash it every time I mention Miss OMG! OG TEAM!!! |
8 comments:
OMG. that was awesome. You OG girl...
*sigh* get used to the insanity that is school and their craziness - such as sending them for only 2 1/2 hours and having a healthy snack.....that stuff NEVER goes away (the insanity; not the snack).
And YAY ELizabeth! She's already got the Pink Lady confidence? She's ready to take Kindergarten by storm!
yay for Elizabeth! as for the other stuff...well, welcome to the insanity i suppose (although I've only had it from the other side...). and I can't WAIT to hear about Miss OMG for the rest of the year!
Elizabeth IS the prettiest girl. I wish you'd post more photos of both of your pretty babies <3
This is my first year to experience "the insanity" with my first starting preschool.
So far the only thing I've observed that's been insane or ridiculous has been my own behavior.
I took pictures of my child walking from and to the car.
It wasn't until later that I realized they are full on stalker/private detective style shots. Clicking through them fast looks like an old motion picture, she moves a fraction of an inch inbetween each shot.
The other moms and teachers, none of whom I know at this point, have actually been really great and supportive though in either trying to sweetly talk me down or, when deemed fit, tackle and put me in a head lock.
Elizabeth is adorable. Her hair is just gorgeous. I hate how little kids have the best color hair LOL. We experienced the insanity of preschool this last year. Our son has gone to this preschool for a couple years but this year they got a new director and new teachers. Well let's just say that the director is a vegan goat-farmer and he hired a bunch of teachers that follow his lead. That meshed really well with my gun-toting, NRA-loving, hunting hubby and our little boy who is following in his footsteps. It was ridiculous. Never seen more crunchy, granola propaganda in my life. Not that there is ANYTHING wrong with it, but OMG. I about died when Aidan decided that a great show and tell would be to bring in a set of antlers and turkey claws (PS, GROSS, but the men in my family are nuts about hunting).
We just "graduated" from that school and can't say I am sad. I am sad that Aidan misses his friends, but not anything else!!!
Okay that was way longer than intended :)
I beleive I was the most hated mom in my daughters k-class. I got in an email fight/ war with the PTA leader/ home-room mom because she lacked the ablity to speak English or use proper spelling. Needless to say my daughters old crusty wanna be Miss OMG was a total B*TC* to me the rest of the year. She failed to realize perfessional people/ working moms don't talk to kids all day in fragmented thoughts and expect other adults to act like adults. Here's hoping this year is better. And I still say screw the PTA
Damn, Laura! Yikes.
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