The second day

We are to day 2 of school. Yesterday went WONDERFUL. Thank you all so much for your prayers and for the comments you left on yesterday's blog. I am going to do my best to recount to you in Gabe's words his thoughts and feelings from yesterday. The following conversation took place inside the van just after I drove through the pick-up line to get him:

Mom: HI GABE!! I am sooooo proud of you!! How did your day go?

Gabe: Great!! I love school...hang on...I...(struggling to get his backpack open) have to....show....you something....

Mom: Did you bring something home? I can't wait to see it!

Gabe: trying to....get it....out... TADA!!!!!! My assignment NOTEBOOK! (Gabe holds his new notebook in the air, beaming from ear to ear)

Mom: WOW! That is super exciting! What is it?

Gabe: Every day Miss Verfail (supposed to be Verfaillie but he is having trouble remembering the last "e" sound) writes assignments on the board and we copy them into our assignment notebook!

Mom: That sounds so fun! You must have been SO excited when she gave that to you!

Gabe: yep

Mom: So Gabe, what did you do all day? I want to hear all about it!

Gabe: Well, we really didn't do any learning things, just talking a lot about all the rules.

Mom: Oh I see...well, did you get to eat lunch?

Gabe: Yes! But I didn't eat it all...I am saving it for a snack. I loved my fruit gushers.

Mom: Did you go to the bathroom?

Gabe: I don't know...well, maybe...yes I did once.

Mom: What time of the day was it when you went?

Gabe: I don't know Mom (sigh)...they don't have clocks in the bathrooms!!

Mom: oh ok....well, how do you like Miss Verfaillie?

Gabe: She is the GREATEST teacher ever!!

Mom: Really! That is good to hear! What makes her so great?

Gabe: She treats me really nice and helps me (then later added to this answer when Dad asked him the same question at dinner) and she has a lot of wisdom and loves God.

Mom: So Gabe did you do gym class today?

Gabe: yep! but I didn't understand the objective of the game...it was pacman tag and you had to run around in lines and stay in your line and not get in anyone else's line but I didn't understand what the point was.

Mom: oh...well that sounds like fun! How did you like your new gym shoes? Did they feel ok?

Gabe: not at first, they didn't feel great but then at the end I liked them a lot

Mom: and did you get your other shoes back on ok?

Gabe: Yep! I did it all by myself!!!

Mom: Wow Gabe, I am just so proud of you!!

Gabe: I missed you a lot today Mom...I wish you could have been there.

Mom: I missed you too Gabe. (then Zoe piping in: I miss too Gabe!)

Gabe: I didn't like the bell...it rang at random times and I didn't like it...I had to cover my ears.

Mom: oh was it loud?

Gabe: Not when we were in the classroom, but in the hallway it was REALLY loud and ANNOYING.

And so the conversation continued...overall he loves school and was really excited to go back this morning. I was proud of myself as I let him go into the school building all by himself and just stood at a distance and watched him struggle to get his backpack into his locker all by himself. But he did it and I didn't intervene. It was so hard to just stand there and watch!!!!!!

So there you go...a glimpse into Gabe starting school. We are confident that he is going to have a great year.