Damon's first day of school

Today Damon officially started his first day of his new school. The night before I laid out the "outfit" (a.k.a uniform) for him to wear. I tried to down play the uniform thing because Damon has always been adamant about picking out his own clothes. My cousin and I had planned to let Aden walk Damon to his classroom to make him feel better. When we got there Damon wanted to walk Aden to his classroom first so we did that and then went to Damon's classroom. Aden was so cute rubbing Damon's arm and telling him it was going to be okay. Aden and Christina left and I stayed with Damon for a little bit. We went to his "locker" and put his coat and Rollie Pollie up. Damon again was shy and holding on to my arm so I bent down to talk to him. His teacher came over and greeted Damon and started talking about all of the fun things they were going to be doing in class today. After a few minutes I told Damon I had to go. He was not happy and started to cry. His teacher came over and picked him up and I walked out of the classroom. As soon as I was out the door he stopped crying.

Damon looked so cute in his uniform.

I called the school during the kids nap time and I spoke with his teacher to see how he did during the morning part. She said he did excellent and once I left he didn't cry the rest of the day. That was a relief.

Damon on the sidewalk of his schools entrance with his Rollie Pollie.

Okay, so I was pressed for time when picking Damon up today. I was hustling to get there before it closed and I did. As soon as I walked in the school assistant said: "I am supposed to tell you that Damon did excellent today and he had so much fun." That's one of the things I like about the school. They remember who you are, who your child is and make you feel good about being there.

I went to Damon's classroom and stuck my head in so he wouldn't see me and he was just playing and having a good time. When I went in he ran over to me and gave me a hug and wanted to show me some of the books they read. This is the first time in a long time that he has been excited about what he has done at school. I felt really good about him being there.