the big k

ruby starts kindergarten on monday.

i can’t avoid being cliché- where did the time go? in some ways i feel as if i have always had ruby in my heart and in my life. yet i know that i lived 40 years without her. what did i do with myself when i wasn’t packing lunches, folding little clothes or stepping over toys in the living room?

woodstock elementary school is a cute blue building with columns built before 1910. its pained robin’s egg blue and has several playgrounds. snuggled next to a park with large conifers, its storybook . although ruby won’t be walking to school because we are too far away for that, on monday she will carry her new lunch box and backpack and set off to kindergarten at woodstock.

she had her assessment for kindergarten this week and we met her teacher miss smith. miss smith seems very nice and has the reputation of being very intuitive about sensitive kids so i am relieved that ruby was assigned to her room for the english portion of the day. she’ll have regular kindergarten in the morning and mandarin kindergarten in the afternoon. the day begins a 8:10 and ends at 2:45 ( i think).

since she has been at tucker for 2 years, the routine of the day should feel familiar to her. the difference of course is more kids a longer day , no morning snack, and a short lunch period! for my glacially paced eater, this is a concern for me. i’m brainstorming as many high protein foods to tempt her with that i can.

mia, her pal from tucker maxon, is in the other class which i know she’ll be sad about. but its good for her to be meeting new people and i’m sure she’ll enjoy the excitement of k . fortunately we know lots of kids at the school so there will be familiar faces everywhere.