'Twas the Night Before Kindergarten

and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for Miss L.

Today was the first day of kindergarten!! I tried to sleep last night, which was nearly impossible. All i could think about was what I needed to do when I got to school in the morning, my alarm going off at 5:30, and all the other things I shoula/coulda/woulda done. I woke up, wide awake, at 4am. I was so awake, I actually almost got up to shower. I forced myself not to and did fall back to sleep. 5:30 came and off I went.

I did a few things around the room and went to teacher's chapel. I used to really not enjoy going to chapel in the morning, but last year I really grew to like it. I used to feel like it was cutting into my prep time, but then I realized it was a major part of my prep time. Perks of working at a Catholic school. I went to pick up my sweet sweet new babies in the cafeteria. We lined up and went to chapel, where I was very nervous about having my 12 kids sit down and listen as our principal called roll. Well, they proved me wrong. They sat like little angels. They stood to pray. They sat back down. They didn't play with their backpacks. OMG. I knew this was going to be good. I stood so proud when they called Miss Laskowski's Kindergarten class!

Today, we spent a lot of time practicing procedures. I think we said the prayer and pledge 6 times. But, golly, those kids are going to know how to come to the carpet, stand, and pray. We read books about the first day of school. My favorite was Wemberly Worried. Later, talking to a student and his mom, the boy said "Well, we read a book about a mouse who worried about everything. But Miss Laskowski was the only one worried. She was worried that the students wouldn't like her. She was very wrong." (this a from a 4 year old, who wont be 5 til October. large vocabulary.) We also read The Night Before Kindergarten before lunch and got to draw pictures of what we did last night to get ready for kindergarten. I went around taking first day of school pictures and writing on their drawing what it was. My favorite: "This is me. I am playing with myself." While, I am sure he meant he was playing alone or by himself, it sure did make me laugh.

My class was so sweet. We are working on making sure we "fill our buckets" and make good choices. I have a feeling this is going to be such a good year. Even my supervisor said she thought I was doing GREAT!

Up for tomorrow:
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom trees