Kindergarten has officially arrived. After a long summer, some would call the “summer of feelings” we have arrived to the pivotal moment in our son’s history – First Day of School.
Summer of Feelings was a bit rough, to be honest. Tucker could sense the stress that Ben and I have been under trying to make sure he went to the right school. I’ve been pretty hot on an immersion school for the past year and had applied to a public school with a Mandarin program. Both Ben and I really like the school. Unfortunately, so do about 80 other parents. We were far, far down the wait list. In the meantime, we had a backup plan to go to our local school. Which is perfectly fine, but not the language school I had set my heart on.
After a long summer and a lot of research, I realized that while we didn’t get accepted into the Mandarin program, there was still room in Spanish. Why the principle doesn’t offer this information to prospective parents on a wait list, I do not know. But I don’t really care because we got into the Spanish program. When I began researching immersion, I was solely looking at Spanish. With my Cuban heritage, I could not be happier with a Spanish program.
Tucker, meanwhile, has sensed the change in the air. It has been a long summer for him full of anxiety. At one point he said – Mom, I’m just so stressed…
I quite honestly told him – Me too.