New kindergartner

Violet started kindergarten yesterday.  In the months leading up to her big day, I joked that I was super emotional about Jack's first day of kindergarten but that I was actually going to be pushing Violet out the door.  Chalk it up to first child versus second child and also to certain personality conflicts between me and my strong-willed girl.

The actual day wasn't quite like that.  Unfortunately, both my kids have been fighting off a nasty cold.  Jack is (finally) on the tail end of his, but Violet is fully in it (and I'm starting to get it - ugh).  Violet hasn't exactly been her best these last couple of days.

It's interesting to see how different the two kids are.  I've never really had a problem getting Jack ready and out the door.  He could wake up, get through the morning routine of bathroom, brushing teeth, dressing, and a substantial breakfast, and we could be out the door in 20 minutes.  Violet is definitely not that way.  First of all, she is not a morning person by any means.  I can definitely relate, but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.  But she lingers every step of the way, with me constantly cajoling her to hurry up, get dressed, brush your teeth, eat!  I've known that our mornings were going to be a lot more stressful once she was thrown into the mix.

The night before the first day of school, I actually dressed her in the outfit I wanted her to wear the next day.  Everything went ok, but she had a minimal breakfast.  We got out the door in plenty of time to deal with the crazy first day of school parking.

Once we got to the school, she was mostly fine.  I sort of felt bad, because there were so many first-time kindergarten parents who were just lingering by the classroom door, peering in the windows to see how their little ones were doing.  I considered doing that too, but I figured she would be fine.  She was.

When I picked her up at the end of the day, she said she had fun.  She already knows a few kids in the class, and she said that she's made a new friend of the girl who sits next to her.  The only hiccup was that two of the kindergarten teachers told me that I should pack her a morning snack because she said she was hungry.  Considering that she ALWAYS says she's hungry, I told them I probably wasn't going to be packing her snacks.  I want her running and playing at recess, not sitting and eating.  She would just have to eat more breakfast before we left for school.  They looked slightly scandalized.

Today, after the second day, Violet's teacher commented to me how different Jack and Violet are.  Funny that she notices already.  It should be an interesting year for sure.