First Day of Kindergarten

Our Jack Riley is at school right now. It's not that I'm not used to him being in school -- he's been attending preschool for 2 years. It's just the fact that he's officially a Kindergartner now, with a full day away from mom.

The morning went well...he woke up early and had a big breakfast, a bowl of corn pops, 4 pieces of veggie bacon, and 8 oz of chocolate pediasure. He had his meds and combed his hair. I packed his little lunch bag last night: PBJ sandwich, apple sauce, fish crackers and graham sticks...as well as some pediasure. Packed lots of diapers, 2 extra sets of clothing, and his diastat. He was ready to go! We stopped by grandma and grand-pauly's house to pick them up. They wanted to see Jack go on his first day...I was grateful for the company.

We arrived at the school about 20 minutes early. We signed in at the office and walked the hallway to Jack's classroom. Jack spotted the little sink and immediately was fixated on wanting to play with water. The sink is not meant for playing and this upset him GREATLY. He started crying and throwing his entire body backwards in his wheelchair. The teacher took him over to the toys, and on the way there Jack threw himself backwards and HIS WHEELCHAIR TIPPED BACKWARDS...(yes, it does have an anti-tip bar -- but apparently, it's not 100% anti-tip). He was a little stunned, but thankfully unhurt. This has never happened before -- of course it happens within minutes of starting his first day. We made sure he was okay and actually that stopped him from yelling and he calmed down. We said our goodbyes and he was so brave. He said "see ya...love you, bye" a couple of times and we left.

I'm okay, really and I know as the days go on and I learn how he's doing and what the daily routine is I'll be even better. No one ever said it was easy to let go...because, well, it isn't.

Pictures to come ; )