Yesterday was Peter’s first day of school. Unfortunately, his school career did not get off to a good start. First he missed the bus–we were given the wrong information for his bus stop, so he and Don waited in the wrong place and the bus didn’t pick him up. I had the car at work, so Don couldn’t just drive him to school. Fortunately they met a mom whose daughter did make the bus who drove them to the school to drop Peter off. Peter was upset about the situation, understandably–we had him all prepped and ready to ride the bus and it didn’t happen the way it was supposed to. Then, during the day at school, he had three potty accidents and they flipped out about it. They left three voicemails (including one from the principal) and sent two e-mails before they got ahold of Don (I was at a work orientation and was unreachable). Don was not happy about the teacher’s attitude when she talked with him. Yes, it’s an inconvenience, but you know what, he’s only four years old. It happens. It’s his first day of school, he missed the bus, he’s upset and stressed, and four-year-olds aren’t always perfectly potty trained. Three accidents in one day is a lot for him. We’re hoping it was just because everything was so new and stressful yesterday and that he’ll be better about pottying at school from now on. If not, and/or if we continue to be uncomfortable with the teacher’s attitude, we’ll have to do something. I don’t know how it’s all going to work out, but we’re feeling stressed about it. Fortunately, Peter seemed to have a relatively good attitude about his day when he came home (on the bus, like he was supposed to, about 10 minutes late). It’s 2 pm now and there haven’t been any phone calls from the school today, so I’m hoping things are going better.
This picture was taken while he was waiting for the bus, before he realized that the bus had missed him.
He looks so excited! Love the photo!