Modern Prometheus

So, the teacher opens the car door and X yells out "HI GIDDY! HI DADDY!" He's so excited he can't even get in the car. But then the mood turns...

Before we are out of the school parking lot, I hear a soft, meek little voice coming from the back seat "Daddy, please don't' get mad at me."

I look back at Xavier and asked why.

The soft little voice says, "I had to sit out for 5 minutes."

"Why?"

On the verge of tears, he says, "Because I said the 'S' word." and here come the tears... and then on cue Gideon starts crying too.

  

I told him that me and mommy would talk about it this evening when she gets home. A few minutes pass and he's telling me about his day.

Today is the "nineteenf" and today they picked that it was sunny. I don't know if this is the case or not but he's telling me the story as if the kids in his classroom choose what the weather will be each day. It's funny.

He also made, according to him, a little human today. "Miss Holt gave me a paper person  and then she gave me shorts, buttons, a shirt, and some hair. and then I glued the shorts, shirt and buttons. Then, Miss Holt told me to put some glue on the man's head and then put his hair and the hair will kind of stick. Then she gave me some googly eyes, but first I had to draw a mouth and a nose, and then she gave me googly eyes I glued them in place. and then uh...let me think. I had to flip it over and write my name on the back. That's how I did my human!"

I think I'll have a new segment in my blog called -

TALES FROM THE LUNCHROOM ::insert cheesy 50's sci-fi theme:: Today, one of his friends had raisins for lunch. He told Xavier that his raisin's were dead fish and they tasted like blood. AWESOME!

And finally, relayed to me from Shannon: Every morning, there is a little girl that wants to hold Xavier's hand. One day she dragged him down the steps. Shannon, and I, have been trying to tell him that he didn't have to hold her hand if he didn't want to. He's been trying to tell her no, but she is an insistent little girl. Well, today, she was trying to hold his hand, he kept telling her no but she didn't listen. Then, an older boy had commented on Xavier's Star Wars shirt and then they began talking about Star Wars and how Anakin was Xavier's favorite. The little girl then went and hid behind her grandmother.

Relayable?!?

Todays day was no less interesting or no less amusing for mommy and me.

Today, "the eighteenf" according to X, someone had picked that it would be sunny for their weather calendar. Even though he, and some others, would have picked partly sunny.

Today he "got to paint with his hands." Miss Robin, Miss Holt's helper, painted their hands with a roller and then they got to paint turkeys and leprechauns. I said to him excitedly "YOU GOT TO PAINT TURKEYS?!?" He replied "YES, We got to paint Turkeys for Thanksgiving Season and leprechauns for Leprechaun Season." Me and Shannon lost it laughing hysterically. To think, there is a leprechaun season is too funny.

 

I asked if Miss Holt read a story today and he busted out laughing saying Yes that the story was a hilarious story about "a mouse should not go to school, or something like that." He said that at the end of the book "the mouse made a controcious mess." I don't' know about you, but I've never heard of a "controcious mess." Another reason why we love kids and kindergarteners!

He also said that Miss Holt asked if anyone knew, in his own words "Mawy had da widdle wam."  "A few kids have never heard of Mawy had da widdle wam. So Miss Holt teached us Mawy had a widdle wam."

Toward the end of the trip home I asked a few questions about Miss Holt.

Me: Do you like Miss Holt?

X: Yeah

Me: Is Miss Holt Funny?

X: No

Me: Is Miss Holt Fun?

X: Yeah

Me: Is Miss Holt Smart?

X: Yeah

Me: Is Miss Holt....  ....I can't think of any other words.

X: Relayable? Is Miss Holt Relayable?

::laughing:: Me: Do you mean Reliable?

X: Yeah, that's it...Reliable... I don't even know what that means."

Mind reading and.....

On way home X called Shannon to tell her about his day. I heard about them learning the letter A again. He once again (as in the same as last night) story of how every week they are going to learn a new letter. They apparently did not read a story today but they did do the weather calendar (that's what it's called! in yesterdays post I didn't know what he was talking about)...

This is another example of how Xavier cracks me up. He told Shannon that "For their weather calendar, a kid picked that it was Sunny outside. We all agreed with him. AND I must have read his mind or sumpin because I was thinking it was sunny too. OR he might have read my mind!" Heh! My kid, the mind reader!

He had told me on the way home that his teacher had put a card in his backpack to tell about how he behaved today. Checked his backpack and there was no card!

Today, Miss Holt read some funny little book about a little kid named Andy. Andy got on the bus to go to school and he saw a monster that took all the room on the bus. Andy couldn't sit down. And later when kids went to learn, the monster threw toys and was a monster.

While I'm making Gideon's lunch,

Xavier tells me, "You know the girl that walks with me into school every morning. The one Mommy tells you about?"

Me, "Yes"

X, "Well, today in the hall, on the way to the lunch room, she asked me to hold her hand in the hallway."

Me, "Really?"

X, "Wes, and I wetted her hold my hand" (he can't say his L's and Y's so they sound like W's)

I am sort of shocked and don't really know what to say so I look away, and continue making Gideon's lunch.

A few minutes pass and he comes back to me and says

" She asked if I would hold her hand tomorrow too. I think I'll wet her"

Another funny quip and then I'm done writing for the day!

I'm sitting here writing this and he runs up to me and tells me that one kid had to move their bear moved today (see below) AND went to the principal's office! I asked what the boy did and in his words " One, he climbed up the rails. Two, he wouldn't listen to Miss Holt. and two wouldn't sit in his seat and two he climbed up the rails and three he went up the stairs."

*Their punishment system works like this, as far as my understanding goes; 1) a reminder. 2) a warning, 3) a bear move, 4) Principles office!

The Hacker!

Tonight after we all got home from where ever we were in the day. Me, Shannon and the boys laid on the be and asked them about their day. Xavier starts off saying that he'll try to remember what he did.

Today he realized that one of his new friends, "Riley" lives nearby. Coincidentally this was the same kids we had met a few days before on the basketball court. I won't go into the story of how we met him That's something for Shannon to talk about :). They played together at recess and I think that's where he found out.

A few highlights of his day were

 

Painting with his hands

An activity where they put together a calendar. If I understand it correctly, each day the teacher asks  one child to predict the weather or something like that. Xavier's words were" today a kids picked partly cloudy and "w"esterday someone picked sunny" So I don't really know, except that he's learning the date and maybe about weather

Miss Holt read The Little Engine that Could again today. He said that she plans on picking one book each week and reading it every day. When asked if they talk about the story afterwards he stated that "We talk about it while she's reading"
 

Here's a scary not really) part of his day. We asked him if he had to punch in his lunch code today at lunch. He told us no, the lunch lady had told him he didn't need to today. We thought it was because of a mix up from last week. Anyway, after that we asked him to recite his "lunch code" because we are supposed to practice it every day. Well after he recites his code with no problem he tells us that he knows another kids number too!!! Xavier then starts telling us that other kids number. Me and Shannon just look at each other in a scared shocked sort of way. When he finished Shannon looked at him and said "You're going to work in the government one day!" He asked why, and I told him because he was good with numbers and how he already knows beginning math.  Shannon then said, "If you are good with computers, one day you could rule the world." He replied with, "Good so one day I can be rich. Rich rich rich rich!!!!" LOL!

I had asked him what letter he learned today and he said that they just went over A again. He then, in his funny Xavier way, tried to explain that they are going to stay on the same letter all week. "and each week they will go over a different letter. Like this week was A. Next week will be B, and then C,D,E, and the rest of the letters." He reaffirms with, "Do you understand what I'm sayin?"

And that was today's adventure in a nutshell.. He's crazy!

AAAAAAAA Choooo!!!

Shannon sent me a txt after she dropped him off apparently he was having apprehensions about going to school today saying he would miss her.

According to Shannon, when they got there there was another little girl and her grandmother waiting to go in. It turns out that the little girl (I'll have to get the girls name from Shannon) was also in Miss Holt's class, well X said he was going to use his cheetah shoes (new Nike's) to run to the door. Well________ said that she was going to win and the race was on. After that X didn't really want much to do with mommy!

Today was only a half day, as is the rest of the week). So, the recap of his day was, he got their and ate breakfast. According to  him he ate Pop Tart's and Cocoa Rice Krispies and white milk and chocolate milk. Piglet!

He then went to class, Miss Holt directed him to his table. He says there are five kids at his table. Him, a girl that lives close by, 2 boys (that he met on the first day of class), and another boy that he met in Open House. I guess names will come later as he remembers them all.They had pop-sickle stick that they had to draw themselves on and the teacher did something with it.. (daddy - I don't know)

Things he did in his day;

• Sat on the carpet while Miss Holt read a  few stories: All About Me, The Little Engine that Could. He said that "All About Me was about a boy and all of his body and the whole class laughed when she read that he could pick up pens with his toes! Because it was funny!"
• Took a few trips to the bathroom.
• Computer time"with a friend of his". According, to him it was about the alphabet. "When you type on E a lower case and upper case e would show up then Elephants would run across the screen". It's rather funny listening to him tell me the story about his computer time and the different things that would happen with the different letters. He's wiggling and jiggling to mimic some of the characters on the screen!
• A song about the letter A, A hand puppet bear was singing a song that went "When I stay home I sneeze... AAAAAAAAAAAAAh chooo....AAAAAAAAAAA chooo....AAAAAAAAAA chooo"(He
• Went to lunch
• Played on the playground
• Got back pack and lunch box
• GOt in line to come home and played Criss Cross Applesause, Hands in the Pot. A game that they played where they sit with their legs crossed and hands on their lap.

At the end of the day he "told a few friends that I'll see you tomorrow. If you come." And they said that they will.

And I still don't know what his teacher does with those pop-sickle sticks!

First Day!

Xavier's first day of school went well.  

Some of the things he said about his day.

They did not feed him breakfast. According to our paperwork they were going to but didn't.

He had a nose bleed in class and told everyone that "It's because I pick my nose too much."

He told the music teacher that "All I have at home is a tiny keyboard. Mommy and Daddy won't let me have drums. They are not allowed where we live"

He told us that he was the only 6 year old in class and that it worried him.

For lunch Ravioli, Cheese Stick, Chocolate Milk, Peas, and little "bug cookies" He "says" he ate half of his peas but I'm not sure I believe him.. :)

Later that night, the school had an Open House where the parents could come and learn a bit more about the class and the school. Each teacher shared a speech about different aspects of the school and rules and guidelines (basically the same thing that was in the student packet X's teacher had given us already). After that we had a chance to go to his teachers (and music and art teachers) room and ask questions.

Miss Holt said that he was wonderful. That she could tell he is a rule follower and a leader. We expressed concerns about him being 6 and being the biggest kid in class.

On the way home Xavier said that never wanted to miss a day of school. I hope that carries through! I've heard from most parents that their excitement about school wanes in a few weeks.



He starts back on 8/15 for a week of 4 hours days and then starts his first full day week on 8/22

Drop off

Xavier was sooooo excited about going that he grabbed the car keys and headed out the door, 30 minutes before actual time to go. If he could, he would have driven himself. 

Dropping him off at school didn't go as bad as I thought.. Shannon waited until she got in the car to start sniffling. Gideon started crying the moment we told him it was time for us to leave. He's going to miss his big brother.

Xavier's teacher, Miss Holt, gave a little gift to each parent. It was a small cotton ball and tea bag wrapped in a pretty, clear and green, plastic wrapping paper. Attached to the package was a note. Shannon read the note and then threw it angrily into my lap;

Dear Parent,

Thank you entrusting your child to me. I promise to do my best every day to be your child's companion in learning and life. After you have wiped your tears, make yourself a warm cup of tea, put your feet up, and relax. Then, hold the cotton ball in your hand. The softness will help you remember the gentle spirit of your child. I will work alongside you this year to help your child grow.

Sincerely,

Miss Holt

Turns out she didn't throw it at my in anger. but in sadness. This note made her cry even more. I understand, it is her baby after all.

Miss Holt is new to teaching, apparently just out of college. She seems nice, friendly, and a bit nervous. Maybe not, I don't know. Before I left I told her good luck.

When we got home, Gideon goes to Shannon and says "Why you crying?" Shannon replies with, "Because the house is too quiet.. you need to make more noise, like your brother! Chitter chatter or something?" Then we all start laughing.

It's kind of sad, but I understand that it has to be done. This is a step he has to take just like everyone else. We'll be ok.