Unfortunately, I did not write down a lot of his thoughts about the first week of school. However, I will do my best to recall as much as I can. So this entry really is for me to remember - might be a bit boring for you! Sorry!
He tells me about lots of details! I love it!
- Michael was pretty excited to sit next to a girl with a Pokemon lunch box for lunch! He told me all the characters on it and said that she also liked to play Star Wars Legos. Her name is Kayla and I told him she sounds like someone that has a lot of the same interests as him!
- Having recess 2-3 times a day has been pretty exciting for Michael for the first week of school.
- If you do not like your food at lunch, you must try at least one bite. If you do not like it, you can throw it away or take it home with you. I found a bag of carrots in his book bag one day and I'm not sure how long it had been in there.
- At recess, he plays a lot with Ryan, Geno, and Kat. They do a lot of duck duck goose and tag. There was a new version of tag, but I did not understand it. I am old already.
- At lunch one day, he sat next to a girl (I think her name was Bianca) and they had a great time telling jokes. Like "Why did the chicken cross the road?" To get to the other side!
- Today, Maggie or Mimi (I can't remember which) couldn't find the Z on the keyboard for technology so Michael helped her find it.
It is interesting how his story changes even between 3pm and 6:30pm when Brian gets home.
One of the things Michael had to do last week was come to school with his "Me in a Bag." The kids had to bring 5 things that represented them!
Michael brought this snow globe with a state of Texas inside of it that we got at the airport before we left. It says, "don't mess with Texas" on it.
Anyways - at 3pm, I get this story from Michael:
I told Mrs. DeColli that my family lives in Texas. Mrs. DeColli told me that my family lives in PA! I told her, Oh, I meant my WHOLE entire family lives in Texas. Like everybody else.
At 6:30 pm, Brian got:
I told Mrs. DeColli that my whole family lives in Texas.
That's it.
He was really cute though for his Me in a Bag. They had to get up in front of the whole class and present it. He told me, "I was really nervous. But then I saw that I went second and it was ok."
Brave little boy he is becoming!
He is starting to wrap his mind around "Religion." It has been fun seeing him understand how much God loves him.
The other day, he brought a crucifix to me and said, "Mommy, this is a cross and this is Jesus right here. I am going to keep this by my bed to keep me safe."
Today, he prayed at dinner with a new prayer that he learned at school. He recited all the lines and Brian and I repeated the prayer. I don't remember it, but it was very cute. I'll see if I can get him to say it for me again! :)
More about today -
I asked him, "What is your favorite part about school?"
I was fully expecting - snack, lunch, recess, technology - something along those lines!
But he said, "Learning, Mommy. I just love to learn. And reading!"
And my heart swells with pride and love for him!
Today - yes again with today -
He had Library today. They go and check out a book. He chose a silly book about a dinosaur.
And then he opened it up and read about 80% of it all on his own. He needed a little help with some words and a lot of help with a few words, but honestly - he read it. I asked him to see if someone had read it to him already and he just remembered. He told me no - that it was his first time.
So he's been so excited that he's reading. He's been telling me, "I can read Mommy!"
I asked him, "how long have you been reading then?"
He said, "Uhhh...a while."
I don't know about that - but I'm just so happy for him!
Michael also told me today that the class was reading and working on "I am." Today, they were reading a sentence that said, "I am blue." Michael told me the whole class said, "I am" but he was the only one that said, "blue." Mrs. DeColli told him she was proud of him for being able to read the word all on his own, and that made Michael pretty happy.
I don't know what the year will hold for him, but I am happy that he is happy. I am happy that he is having fun learning because that's something I can't teach. I hope this is something that he carries with him no matter where he is!
Today on the way to school, he asked me, "Mommy - have you been all around the world?" And then, "Have you been to all the United States?"
So you see - I don't want him to ride the bus to school. Because then we don't have this 15-20 minutes each way where we talk about all sorts of neat stuff. And I'm so glad I have a kid who doesn't just say, "Fine" when I ask how school was. I get a novel. I love that! I am going to enjoy that until it is not cool to tell mom everything anymore!
Oh - and he LOVES gouter everyday. And he loves our devotional that we read each morning from our new-to-us book.
We are having so much fun watching the school aged kid he is becoming. Sorry for the novel, but this was for me.
