What a Day!

This has been a much anticipated day...Lukas' first day of kindergarten!! I wondered if I had done enough to prepare him. Will kids be nice to him? Will he be nice? Will he listen to his teacher? Too many things go through my head. He is in afternoon kindergarten so we had all morning to get ready. He was more interested in watching cartoons than picking out what he was going to wear. He looked cute anyway and FINALLY the time came to take him. I was more anxious than he was. He was excited, but mellow, which is not at all like him. He didn't know anybody in his class and felt a little shy standing there on the playground with all those other kids. But he did great and lined up with his class to go in. I waved with my camera and off he went. No tears, no hug, no problem. I was expecting tears and hugs and this heart wrenching moment. Not so much. I didn't know what it would feel like to send my first off to school. I was sad, happy, excited, nervous, anxious. Then I'm thinking that Max and I would do some fun things together with time away from Lukas. Instead he had a huge tantrum moment and spent most of his time with me in time out. SAD!! I picked up Lukas from school and he said he had a good time, that he loved it and couldn't wait to come back tomorrow. YAY! That was a huge relief. I'm so thrilled that he had a good first day. So...thinking I could make this day special I took them to In 'n' Out for dinner. Lukas squirted ketchup all over, Max was out of control, neither of them ate their food. Grrrrr! Finally, I took them to the park as my last attempt to make this day special. They had fun and played until they were too thirsty to play anymore. And we ran into Mandi Smith and her kids there, so at least it ended on a good note. {{ I don't know what I'm going to do with Max and his naughtiness lately. He's been in Time Out at least 3 or 4 times a day. And Lukas has never been so whiney. They fight just watching TV. I mean, how hard is it to sit and watch a show? Well, they find ways to pester each other and fight and call each other names. I am at the end of my rope. I've even had to make them take separate baths. Stinkers. Big Time.}} I think I pictured this day going a lot different so it was a big disappointment when it didn't go as I'd hoped. Thank goodness this day is over and that tomorrow is a new day.