Eden, my first Kindergartener!
The first day was a half day last Thursday, and wasn't half bad. Kind of quiet here, but nice. Daddy got her off alright and brought her home all in one piece. She wasn't worse for wear when she got home. In fact, she had a smile on her face. And lots to talk about. She sits at table #1 with Gabe, her buddy from Head start last year. And she had stuff to show me. And papers for me to sign (LOTS!) and send back in her backpack. She told me how she ate her lunch with the other kids, but ran out of time before the Peanut Butter Sandwich. Was it OK that she ate the cookie first? I told her it was, but just this once.
We then spent the weekend doing our normal stuff; Race track on Friday night with our yellow shirted #66 friends, watching The Rev take the plaque for quick time, the trophy for the trophy dash, the checkered flag for the heat, and 2nd in the Main event. I usually fill up on peanuts during the race, but had enjoyed a couple tacos from my now favorite taco joint in Scottsbluff, Taco De Oro, aka TDO, before we arrived, so I spent the majority of the night digesting, only to go home and gorge on a mudslide with homemade vanilla ice cream. Man, there's no better.
Saturday was Bridgeport's Motor-cross race at the fairgrounds, as well as Safe Kids Day in Gering. Al took his race-car to Gering and I took the ambulance to the fairgrounds for the day. It was HOT, nearly 100 all day, with a slight breeze and lots of dust flying around. By the end of the day, I'd passed out 2 ice packs, 3 band-aids, a piece of tape and some Neosporin. The rest of the time, I napped on our new cot, took a walk and enjoyed a chocolate milkshake, all while 'working'. That was the extent of it, really. Hope to do it again next year, if only for the nap!
Sunday afternoon was a Girl Scout Rally to Register at the pool here in town, so Eden & I biked up in another 100 degree day to enjoy an afternoon of swimming and paddling in the pool with almost the entire community population of Bridgeport. I'm pretty sure Allen and the two little ones were the only people NOT at the pool. I'm glad to see that it's a well used place, however. Once she was signed up, she was telling everybody that she was a Daisy now and could eat GS cookies anytime she wanted to. We celebrated this newly acquired (her first, really) extra curricular activity with ice cream cones from the Karette. "Let the activities begin" said her Daddy. "Right-e-o" says I!
Today, the first Monday (all day) of a full week of school, I sit with my phone in my pocket, waiting for the teacher (our across-the-street neighbor, what a blessing!!) to call and tell me Eden is crying & homesick and that she needs me to come pick her up. Of course, school is over in 15 minutes and I'm not thinking the phone is going to ring anytime in those next few minutes. But I hold onto hope, at any rate.
I guess I can still hope that she needs me for something, albeit minimal, tonight.
1 comment:
I can't believe she's a Kindergartner. I remember when you visited us in Ohio and she was just a baby. Wow. That's amazing. I love reading your blog. Thank you so much for sharing your life. I miss you terribly!
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