We just found out today what school Jonas will be going to (It’s the one we are assigned to, but in CA- you never can tell).

We find out if he is in am or pm Kindergarten about 36 hours before school starts ( you know, give or take 4 hours *eyeroll*) We find out who his teacher is at the same time.

They gave us a school supply list too- aside from the hand santizer and Kleenex, we were required no less than a pack of markers and colored pencils and two 8 packs and one 64 pack of crayons. My mom wanted to buy his stuff for him and mail it to him, and when she saw the 64 pack on the list she immediately assumed that I had thrown that in there because I like crayons so much. . .I reassured her that were it me, I would have asked for the whole 96 and a Precious Moment’s coloring book to boot ha!

You’ll never guess what arrived for me in the box with Jonas school supplies. . .the 96 pack of crayons (with the built in sharpener) had a note suggesting that Mommy share, (but Mo-om, when I shared with Maggie she thought it was funny to snap five whole crayons in half and they were GOOD colors too! Like Purple mountain Majesty and Razz-Ma-Tazz and Lemon cause I cared enough to share the very best! Learned my lesson, two year olds can only be trusted with second hand crayons. . .)

Jonas was so thrilled with his new backpack and school stuff that he took it to bed, gleefully snuggled up to a ream of computer paper and sixty-five glue sticks, dreaming of the day when he can finally ditch mom and head off to school.

Some mothers are apprehensive and sad the first day of Kindergarten. I, on the other hand, have a child who from the moment he was old enough to lift up his own head and push away from my body, he did. Jonas has always had things to do, and I have always been nothing but a hindrance. He is going to go learn. He is going to go navigate being Jonas on his own. I fully expect this to be rocky for him because he is so energetic and stubborn and just plain feisty- but he is going to grow. I just pray he has a teacher with a sense of humor and the patience of Job.