Many thanks to Beth, who provided this link to a story on The Onion for a slightly sadistic but nonetheless funny look at kids starting school.
Day No. 4, by the way, was a hodge-podge of Days No. 1, 2 and 3.
Sam didn't want to go to school, we talked about it, and I discovered she doesn't like the fact that she doesn't know exactly what they'll be doing each day. She didn't want to talk to her teacher about it, so I offered to do that.
Her eyes got really wide when I offered, and she said, "You would do that?"
So I drove her to school, talked to the teacher for, like, 20 seconds, and left without kissing Sam good-bye because she was already having a great time sitting with one of her new friends.
The best thing she said this morning in trying to weasel her way out of school? "But Mom, I'm just going to school too much!"
Nice try, sweetie pie.
I love Sam's excuse for missing school! Emma's using kindergarten for all it's worth, too. She told us she couldn't put her toys away because she just needs "time to relax after being in school all day." Uh-huh.