Kinder debrief

I was worried about dropping off little Gillian. For some reason I just knew it was going to be harder. Who can explain the workings of the human brain, why one child will storm the castle with confidence, one will follow all the orders of the regime, and one will cry the first time another soldier takes her seat.

And not in that order.

You would think that once you hit that third child, with two older siblings already in the same school in a building where she has been coming almost daily for three years that it would be easy. The teachers knew her name, almost half the children in her class are recognizable faces as siblings of other known families in the school.

It wasn't. I still have a baby left in the house who is plenty cute and plenty baby but I still felt very weepy leaving this daughter of mine at the school.

Auntie Lissa is visiting and she made a particular effort for the kids with these cute cookies that she made and decorated:




















School lunches are still the bane of my existence, btw, so if anyone has any tips or suggestions on what to bring please leave ideas in the comments section por favor.

Here we are in the morning before school:


























^^^ The cool sibs.

And Gillian:


























We dropped her off in her class and stayed until she whispered "you can go now" which was right after class started.


























It was so familiar with the uniforms and the other kids all speaking Spanish, I thought it would be okay after all.

Unforunately, when I went to pick her up she just looked somber. She said it was okay until lunch. The lunch ladies both told me that she was sad because I didn't send her with a water bottle and since she was so thirsty because it was soooo hot (80 degrees people) that when she got up to get a drink her spot was stolen. Apparently this was an unarticulated expectation, like many other things in the life of my school experience.

I went and bought three water bottles today and I hope my children forgive me for all the things I am doing to mess them up.

Here is to day number two. Oh and back to the lunch issue, in case you (landee) think that I am providing them with some weirdo junk, here are today's lunch contents:

Kudos bar
Peach
Homemade rolls with cheese and ham baked inside (only HALF whole wheat tyvm)
Water bottle

Doesn't that sound yummy? I will predict they come home with complaints about it. Please, please let little Gills have a good day today.