Things are still good in kindergarten. Great actually. The Dev is loving every minute of his new school and honestly I can’t blame him. The kids?seem to have the best time in that place. (I write that last sentence?as a jealous nine-to-five worker with four hour daily commute.) I asked him the other day what he did in school and he said that he?”did”?Dora’s house. I was not amused given that it seems kind of girly to be playing with a doll’s house (Yes, I played with my friend and her Barbie’s at that age so?sue me for being Cro-Magnon about my son?doing the same thing?24 years later.)?However my wife explained to me that Dora’s crib is kind of gangsta and the boys kind of make it into Dora’s gateway to hell. That, oddly, made me feel better.
My feelings about the dolls?aside he’s having a ball. He swims in the after school program on Wednesdays and he learns music on Mondays and he studies Spanish and art.?It’s fun to see as my boy?acts like the friggin’ mayor when he walks into school and gives away waves, kisses, and hugs to staff and friends just like a savvy politician. As far as kindergarten kids go he’s well regarded and people find him engaging.
The only snafu that has arisen in the last several weeks is that he was caught using some derivation of the word ass. He’s always gets caught no matter how many kids test the boundaries of forbidden words.?I?still don’t curse around my son, I’ve always said that and I stand by it (I do curse though when he’s not around – I’m like a news anchor in that way).?When I do curse I use?much filthier words than ass so I know he didn’t get that corny nonsense from me. In a conversation about Palin and McCain you may not?be able to tell?the difference between me and Andrew Dice Clay or Richard Pryor in terms of language used. What’s more, his mother hasn’t uttered a bad word of any kind since I’ve met her (I know it’s very?disturbing?and difficult for me to believe too) so I know she’s not?the culprit. Yet I’m sure we are known as the potty mouth parents of his new class. Whatever. It is what it is. A few?comedically placed vulgarities by a five year old will not ruin the greatness of his new school experience.
I am truly happy with my son’s new school. I do wish that his joy could spill over into the rest of life. But alas if life were a joy 100% of the time it’d be called heaven and you’d be dead. Trials and tribulations remind you that you are alive and I guess that’s the silver lining. Nas (my all-time favorite rapper) once said “I need a new n**** for this black cloud to follow because while it’s over me it’s too dark to see tomorrow.” I feel his sentiment but I would rather get rid of all black clouds than hand them over to another dude.
Cheers to kindergarten and making it past the clouds and to the rainbow!
Glad to hear Dev is loving school so much – that is really great and rare too, I think. Sounds like a testament to your working so hard to find the right place and make it work. Our boys also love kindergarten and are thriving there, so we’re thrilled too.
Lately we’ve been struggling (and it’s starting to get significantly better fortunately) with one of our boys mimicking some of the other boys’ more aggressive behavior: growling, pretend hitting, shoving, etc. Got to be careful about that kind of stuff!
Isn’t it so great when you see him at the end of the day and he clearly loves school?
Oh – good for him. I’m glad he’s working it out in kindergarten as the mayor – lol…classic!
Sounds like you have a self-confident boy on your hands. I often call my son the mayor as well. He is always waving and saying “Hiiiiiiii” to everyone. It seem that more people around town know him than me or my wife and he is not even two. I hope he has the same experience as Dev when he gets to school.
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Kindergarten sounds great! My how things have changed.
I absolutely adore this blog. It’s so close to home. Thank you so much for sharing!
Dev sounds like a very interesting young man. It’s so easy for kids to pick up words from anywhere; we find it very interesting that kids say whatever they want these days. They retain information like camels retain water in their humps…for a later use…lol. One of my (Tiffany) then three year old, now four, commonly used to halla…”What tha hell?” and he’s not even in school. Trials and tribulations are the constant reminder that we are alive and human so we can teach our children right from wrong; so that they can move past the black clouds and into the rainbow. Dad, we feel your jealousy cause if we had a four hour commute we’d be jealous of Dev too. That comment really makes us appreciate having a way to make money with a website so that we can stay home and enjoy life the way we intend with our children. Cheers to the rest of Dev’s school year! Keep us updated.
Congrats! They make life wonderful.
Cool post, and I like that Nas quote more than “Life’s a bitch and then you die.”
Four hour commute. Whew. The things we do to keep it all moving, huh?