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A new era

Eleanor started kindergarten today! She had a great time. Her two comments to me when she got in the car were, "There were no math questions today," "We might get some homework!" She also commented that she gets to wait until she's in first grade to do the high monkey bars (there have been several broken arms over the past few years...) Yesterday afternoon she was acting up (blowing up over small things) and I said to her, "I know you might be worried about the start of kindergarten..." She looked at me in surprise "I'm not worried!" and she seemed to be honestly not worried. Well, today in the car as we were driving away she said "I was _so_ scared." I guess it's hard to figure out what you're feeling...

Of course I managed to forget her bag with her snack and her lunch in it (Doh!). I was feeling an awful lot as though I was starting my first day of kindergarten, and not doing very well. Then I realized there were others who felt the same way, from the mom who didn't want to be first in line for the carpool pick-up, since she didn't know where to go, to the mom who called saying that she was wondering if the pickup was somewhere else, since she didn't see any of our class in line...

In other news, Luke started babbling today, "Dah dah dah, dah dah DAH dah dah." He usually seems to be trying to explain that his life is not exactly as he would like it, although if I could just take care of this detail... He is so much trying to get up on his hands and knees and crawl. He has gotten up on his kneees, but he hasn't figured out how to move his arms and legs together. Despite this he managed to roll under Amanda's bed today, I think he was looking for a toy down there...

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