first day of school
Daphne had her very first day of Kindergarten today. She was a wee bit excited.
She’s carrying a lunchbox (exciting!) shaped like Hello Kitty (double exciting!!) and has a backpack stuffed with school supplies (excitement overload!!!)
Of course, nothing stomps on a 5-year-old’s enthusiasm like being asked to wait in line.
Seriously, she had a great time. Her best neighborhood friend is in her class (not sure if that’s good or bad as they are hellions together) and we’re told that she turned off the “shy” routine as soon as she was out of visual range of her parents.
She told us afterward that it was “way better than my stupid preschool” but that her teacher “has a problem listening to me”. Holly tried to explain that the teacher has lots of other kids to pay attention to, but Daphne couldn’t really wrap her mind around that argument.
After school, Daphne and a friend were so excited that they decided they just had to throw a party. And a party should have lots of people, right? So how to get lots of people to come?
Advertise!
The text reads, “Daphne and Annika’s Party House for Fun!” Unfortunately the “Daphne” has been decorated and curlicued past all legibility, and the rest is written in mirror-text. But it’s the thought that counts, right?
Even if the thought (that a poster taped to a light pole in the suburbs at 7:45 P.M. would draw a crowd of children from an unspecified location, and that said children would be welcomed by the parents of the organizers) was somewhat half-baked.
They actually had the good sense to realize, not 30 seconds after they hung the poster, that it would have been more effective if it contained the house number. I chose this time to put my foot down and remind both girls that it was bedtime. And much whining did commence. But no more than we expected at the end of a day full of new.
