BWF Meet the Teacher.

On the afternoon of Small Fry's half birthday, we got an email with Fawn's kindergarten teacher placement...Mrs. Sammye Davis. We have heard wonderful things about Mrs. Davis and were excited. Frankly, we would have been thrilled with any of the BWF Kindergarten teachers. They all have fabulous reputations. What a nice, stress-free feeling to have as we awaited that email. None of Fawn's friends were in our class, though, so we knew there would be many new faces to meet.

On Sunday, the BWF PTO hosted a picnic play date for all BWF students at Overton park. Each kindergarten class was assigned a color to wear so they could identify their new classmates -- Mrs. Davis' class wore blue. The park was a ZOO, though. Absolutely packed with kids and parents. There wasn't much new friend meeting going on in all the craziness. Fawn just hung out with a couple boys he already knew. But, I was excited to see that families participate in the school functions -- they really do seem to love their school.

On Monday morning Fawn and I got ready to meet Mrs. Davis. We dropped Small Fry off with Lulu and headed to BWF. The school was adorned with a red carpet for the new BWF rock stars to walk down as they entered the school. And, sixth grade students were dressed up to welcome the kindergarteners and walk them to their classrooms.

We met Mrs. Davis and got to see Fawn's classroom and his seat. It was sweet and a bit overwhelming. Mrs. Davis read the kids a book -- The Kissing Hand -- and gave them a heart sticker to give to whichever parent would be the most sad when school started. Fawn piped up "Probably my mom." So true dear one. Then the kids lined up and headed on a tour/scavenger hunt of the school and a party in the gym. Fawn didn't even look back. While it's so hard to let him go, I love how brave he is. While the kids were having fun, Mrs. Davis went over the class protocol and let us ask lots of questions (most coming from the newbies like me!). She ended the day by reading a poem that was just the sweetest thing -- about how children are their parents for only a little while and their teachers for only a little while. For these nine months, Fawn is mine and Mrs. Davis' -- and I know he's in great hands.

The parents congregated in the auditorium for a meeting with the administration and the PTO and then it was time to pick up our kids from the gym. Fawn was all smiles when I got him -- happy to see me but also so eager to show me everything he found during the scavenger hunt. I took him by the nurses' office to meet the nurse one-on-one and so we could deal with his migraine health plan. Then we headed back to Mrs. Davis' class so he could say goodbye to her. I was able to snap this cute picture. You can see the excitement on his face -- this smile doesn't lie!

When we got in the car he talked a mile a minute about his day and the fun he had. He reported that it was the "best day ever" and he couldn't wait to go back. What a blessing! Especially for a child who hasn't loved school up to this point.

I offered to take him to lunch and suggested some "fancy" places for a five-year old. His choice? McDonald's, of course. Then we headed to Target to get a couple more things we needed for Kindergarten -- another thermos and lunch box for his snack. We spent the afternoon together building Legos while Small Fry hung out with Lulu. It was a great day with my boy and a great beginning for the school year.

This smile means something -- he doesn't give it away for free. He already loves Mrs. Davis!