Second Grade!
pamelamyers | September 9, 2017
It really hard to believe that the summer is over, but it is. Sam started school Tuesday. Second grade! The time has flown by. We’ve been in a flurry getting ready for school to start, especially since Sam is in a new school this year. There will be so much to get used to, not only for Sam, but for us. There have been some slight hitches in the system. We finally found out who her teacher is, not that the name means anything to me, and I was awaiting some word from her via email or on her school website so I could get a feel for who she is. Well, a week went by with NOTHING. Oh man, I am so OCD that having a teacher who does not communicate well is not good.
Then, there was a huge mixup about what bus she was supposed to be on. I won’t get into the boring details, but we eventually got that worked out. Sort of. Mark and I took her to the bus the first day, and the bus never came! We wound up frantically driving her to school! Her bus comes very late compared to last year (which has caused other issues about how the heck we are getting her to the bus since both Mark and I are supposed to be working), so by the time we realized it either wasn’t coming or it was coming super late, we just drove her. But, of course, because that was not the plan, Sam was a bit flustered and I felt really bad for her. The bus eventually did show up but we only know this because we passed it near our bus stop when Mark and I were almost back home. Ugh.
Sam was a bit flustered this first week because she is having trouble finding her classroom on her own, but she does love the school. They have a huge playground which she loves, her friend, Lydia, from first grade is in her class, and she gets to see all of her friends at lunch and on the playground since the entire second grade does that together. Well, at least the ones that go to her school. She does miss other friends who go to the other elementary school. Overall though, she has adjusted incredibly well. She hasn’t had any freak outs like last year, and she has settled in.
Here are some pictures from her first day. I can’t believe how big she is now! She is getting so tall.
Waiting for her bus!
And walking into school when we dropped her in the car line. Poor Sam! At least she had a great first day!
Eventually that first week, we managed to nab a photo of her getting on the bus. It was hard, she just zooms on there now with barely a goodbye! Mark takes her most days now since I need to get to work, and I do miss waiting for the bus with her, but I still have Mondays and Fridays. I made her stop and look at me!
One last photo because she worked so hard I wanted to show it off. She needs a smock for art class this year. I bought her an oversized adult t-shirt since they make the best smocks and I was supposed to put her name on it. I wanted it to be special, so I bought some fabric paint and planned to write her name in paint. I had just finished doing so when Sam came in and saw it. Of course, she wanted to embellish it more. She added the butterfly, the flower, the cat, her doll, Baby Ann, and the “I love cats” statement. She is so happy with her smock. She can’t wait to wear it!
