First day at school
it is really impressive how my daughter gabbie is always excited about going to school. whenever the word "school" is mentioned her face lights up and her eyes grow big. she cannot contain her excitement and enthusiasm about going to school. i used to bring her to the school one block away from our home to play. during the class break, the students would go out and play at the playground. my daughter would be so delighted to see all those kids around and join them while they play. she easily fits in without any effort or signs of shyness. she just shows her natural friendly and fun-loving manner and the other kids welcome her as if they have long known each other. when the break is over and the students begin to flock back to their respective classrooms, i would see my daughter's face instantly turn from elated to sad. she would ask me if she could join the class and i would tell her that she was too young to go to school. that early i could tell my daughter really wanted to go to school - i'm just not sure how long she would want to go to school; if her interest would die down as soon as the curiosity is gone.
i decided to enroll her in once-a-week socialization class last spring. to my amazement, her enthusiam did not wane but rather she showed more interest as the days went by. even if she slept late the night before, the moment you say the magic word - that she is going to school- she would jump out of the bed and head straight to the bathroom to take a bath. the socialization class lasted only 3 months. it ended when summer started. the whole summer gabbie would ask me when she would be going back to school. i would often give the same alibi - her school was being fixed and as soon as it was done she would be able to go back to school. i could not tell her there were no classes since she believed that every saturday was school day.
i enrolled her again this fall for the once-a-week pre-kindergarden classes. when i told her about it she would ask me everyday what day it was. she could not wait for saturday to come because that was school day. finally, saturday came and she was up early, took a bath and wore her best dress for school. we packed her snack consisting of cup cake, orange juice and banana and placed it in her dora backpack (her favorite bag). there were less students in this class, only 5 to be exact, but that did not damped my daughters happiness and enthusiasm. it's funny how she told her teacher that she went to school on a school bus when we actually drove a car. she even told her teacher that she knew how to speak spanish. when the teacher heard this the teacher asked her to count in spanish which she gamely did to my amazement. when the class started she participated right away and listened attentively while the teacher was explaining.
after the class we went outside to see all these booths and games. it turned out that the fleetwood community was celebrating their fleetwood festival. we stayed for a couple of hours to have some fun. we tried mini-golf, face painting, price-fishing and a lot more.
this day was really a fun day for me and my daughter. i had a hard time convincing her to go home because her mom was waiting for us. if she had her way she would have stayed there the whole day.
