1st Day of Kindergarten! - part 1

Here's the Kindergarten drop-off coverage... more later today!

Siblings on 1st day of school for Kaylin


Kaylin just before heading over to meet her teacher and classmates!


Newsflash: Long story short... we learned just yesterday afternoon that Kaylin's best option might be to switch into a full day (8am to 2pm) class instead... after lots of discussion and prayer, Amy and I decided to have her go for it.


Here's her desk... all ready for her. Please pray for her these first days of school... she's tall but definitely among the youngest kids in her class. Please pray that she'll adjust well, get used to the routine, and make new friends!


Things were going pretty smoothly until she and the other kids went to "carpet time" for a story. Her teacher read a story while all the parents stood around and watched. However, Kaylin started getting sad after being separated from us... not surprising knowing Kaylin's personality... she's a bit timid and shy at first, needing some extra time and encouragement.


Here's Amy helping her get back to the carpet as the parents begin to leave. With encouragement from us and her teacher, she went back (though still hesitant) and began to watch what her teacher was doing. We smiled and waved and made our move and got out the door.


Then, we stood down the corridor for a few minutes recovering and praying for her. Then we would periodically sneak back for peeks into her classroom. She seemed to be doing fine as her teacher continued to engage the class. From observing Kaylin in the past, we are pretty confident that she'll be fine once she gets more comfortable, gets into the routine, and makes some new friends.

More later today....