Brennan's 1st Day of Kindergarten

Whoa, is me. Here it is the 1st day of real, public school Kindergarten. And what a morning it was!

Brennan looked so sharp this morning before school. We took our token pictures in front of the house with all his new gear. He picked everything out - even the new shirt he was wearing for the big, first day.

Things quickly went down hill from there. Brennan was so nervous. He is a worrier and worry he did. He was concerned because he didn't know his teacher, he didn't have any friends, he didn't know his classroom...geez, kid take a pill. But we talked through it and I tried to reassure him that things were going to turn out okay.

We arrived at the new school - Butler. I think I had more anxiety about that. People camp out for their kid to attend this school and we just happened to be buying a house in this school zone and moving in on Saturday....so talk about needing a pill. The expectations are pretty high for this place.

Well, it was crammed full of all the kids and their overly involved parents. K-6th grade heading in the doors. Brennan bursts into tears just at the sight of it all. Trust me - I wanted to as well.

We made it to a spot at a cafeteria table to wait for our further instructions and to calm down a bit. That's when I got the look from Brennan. The hand over the mouth with the I'm-about-to-puke-look.

We tried to make it up the ramp and out of the cafeteria area - but too late. Brennan tossed his cookies or rather OJ, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and yogurt, all over the floor for everyone to see. Except, oddly enough, most people were doing a very good job of trying to ignore what was happening. Annoying mothers were trying to wheel their gigantic fluffy strollers down the ramp so they could wait with their precious Kindergartener and I'm standing next to a kid that is puking his nervous guts up and trying to not let anyone step in it. oh the horror.

I finally get someone to assist me by getting my poor kid a paper towel or something to wipe the puke off his hand....Thank GOD he missed his shoes and clothes - I really think I would have lost it right there if he had to go to class with puke stains on him. The principal runs over to us and assures Brennan that things are okay and it will get cleaned up as she tries and waves the custodian over to spread the magical puke powder on what was now oozing down the ramp. She encouraged us to see the nurse before he went to class "just in case" it wasn't nerves.

The nurse was so kind and helped get Brennan cleaned up and calmed down. He was just mortified at what had just happened.

We waited it out in the office for a few minutes until the cafeteria cleared. We then were able to get in line for his class with Ms. Hilton. We walked to his room together and he found his spot at the table.

He did burst into tears as I was leaving...but I think things quickly were okay once the day got started. I felt so bad that he had to go through that. And I hope it is not signs of things to come in the future. And hopefully we won't make the Butler newsletter and his rep won't be "that kid, you know, that kid that puked on the 1st day of school".