Today was Caleb’s first day

You may be able to tell that snoop dog Caleb has some big news, folks.

The boy who cried if someone called him little and when I suggested that I wanted to put him in a shrinking machine so that I could make him small forever and carry him around with me wherever I went is now a state-fortified big boy. He started kindergarten today.

And, from Helen’s email in my inbox this morning, it kinda seems like the day was a bit harder on her and Frank than Caleb.

Very likely, Helen is one of the best homeschooling mothers in the world. At 4 1/2, Caleb already reads and speaks two languages. I’m not exaggerating to make a point. He really does. He also craves being with people which isn’t always easy for his mama as they live on the 8th floor of an apartment building on the edge of a pretty big city where all the other children his age have been in school full-time since they were 3.

So, today was his first day, a day that started at 7:30am and ended at 5pm as it will go from now on. And, despite his complaints that the bathroom with only squatty potties smelled bad and the music for morning exercises was too loud, it sounded like he did pretty well. He told Helen he’d be okay with using only squatties there, embracing them as character builders. He told her, “I will use it. This is how you learn endurance.”

That boy.

Sounds like Frank and Helen will be learning a few things too as they start a new season of life as parents of a little…I mean, big boy…Chinese student.

Frank and I had a hard day. It feels so quiet at home. It seems the day is so long for us.

Long, hard days while your first child goes to school for the first time apparently is universal. {sigh} #wasitreally9yearsagoforme?