(in front of our house)
there we met the other boy in our neighborhood who goes to the same kindergarten. he is older (not in hiro's class, i mean). the bus showed up, we said good morning to the teacher and hiro got on the bus. no one cried.
...but sasha whined because she wanted to get on the bus! the plan was i would go for a walk (for exercise) after hiro gets on the bus in the morning, but i admit the whining drove me crazy! so, after a ten minute walk, i put tommy in bed (who promptly fell asleep) and tried to get sasha to sleep (didn't work).
the other plan for today was i would take hiro's bento in the morning (before lunch) to see how he was doing and if he wanted to come home. tommy slept and slept and we didn't leave the house until after 11:30! i didn't know what time lunch was, but i was hoping it wasn't before noon! on the way there, sasha fell asleep (sheesh) when i got to the school, hiro was outside the classroom with his teacher. the other students were at their desks with their lunches. hiro was happy to see me, but he didn't grab me, and he didn't cry. the teacher and i got him to sit down with his classmates, they sang a song (the sudden burst of noise scared hiro and tommy!) and he ate his bento. he didn't want me to leave, but i was able to go without any trouble.
in the afternoon i was a bit late for the bus (but then, the bus was earlier than the scheduled time) but the other boy's mother was there (the 'bus stop' is in front of their house) and i don't think they were there for long....the teacher on the bus said that hiro didn't cry all day. good!
in the end, i sent him to school in a diaper, because i thought he would be too shy to ask to go to the bathroom. at lunch i asked the teacher and she said he said 'pi pi' (peepee) and she knew what that meant (yoshi and i told them when we paid for enrollment) but he didn't actually pee when in the toilet! i think he did go in his diaper, but he also didn't let them change his diaper.
sasha's impromptu nap in the car meant that she didn't nap at home. that kinda sucked. she also really missed hiro. poor sasha! hopefully tommy will be able to play with her more and more. she also REALLY wants to ride the bus! poor sasha!
hiro's uniform:
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Thanks. I couldn't wait to see a picture!
He looks so cute in his uniform. I have never seen a hat like that before for a kindy uniform. It is cute.
Ours is a beret for the winter and the typical straw one for the summer.
I like the chopstick holder you made.
ohhh! happy first day hiro!
he looks so cute in that uni! glad that there were no tears!
in the next week or so you'll have to update us what life at home with only 2 is like!
isn't that hat adorable?! i think there's a straw hat for summer, but we didn't have to buy one at this time.
let's see what happens tomorrow....
Wow- he looks so cute in his uniform and what a brave boy he was for not crying!!! I am amazed (very few kids came through our kindy doors on their first day and did not cry!)- what a trooper!
So glad his first day went well! Can not wait to hear more updates...
Which class is he in? You know what I mean? Sakura, bara etc etc? Or is it animals? I love to know the class names. hehe!
The chopstick holder you made is awesome by the way- I love it and will totally be requesting the pattern when I get better at sewing (and need to sew a chopstick holder!)- I made a top (with a lot of help from a sewing teacher!) and will blog about it sometime soon!!!
Hope the rest of the week goes well!
Handsome boy!
that is the cutest uniform ever! you gotta hand it to the japanese!
I'm glad it went well, your little kindergartner is sooo CUTE!
I am loving that uniform!!! And very happy to hear things went well for his first day of school!!!
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Wow! Big Boy Hiro! He looks so handsome in that uniform! And no tears! What a big boy!
I'm sure it will take a couple of weeks for your whole family to adjust to having a new scholar around! Think of all the things he will be teaching Sasha when he gets home from school!
Pics of crochet to come! Really!!!! SMILE!
Wow. He looks so cute and so happy in that picture. My kid's uniform consists of a name badge and a regular cloth hat. And by the second year they don't even bother with the badge. I want the cute uniform!!! Do the girls wear the same thing?
It will be interesting to see how Sasha grows into her role as oldest kid at home. After a week of pining and constant 'where's meggie???' Amy really gained confidence and independence that she didn't have when her big sister was deciding all the games!
How are you holding up? :S
Oh, man, thefukases, you lucked out! My daughter has two uniforms that she wears every day - the formal one that she wears to/from school and for important events and then the p.e. one. We also have to have three different pairs of shoes at school every day. She looks adorable, but it was a huge expensive, especially since our school has a "name brand" one from a famous fashion designer. Cute is only worth so much, you know? LOL!
illahee, is the hat and the jacket the whole uniform or did you have to buy a lot of stuff?
the uniform is: hat, jacket, blouse, shorts (skirt for girls), suspenders, necktie, socks and shoes (hiro's shoes didn't arrive in time), plus the little grey bag. then there's the p.e. outfit, yellow shirt and shorts, and a dark blue sweatshirt (which also hasn't arrived yet). a red/white cap is also included. i think we paid 36,000 yen for the uniform/school supplies (school supplies included another bag, scissors, playdough utensils, some board for playing with playdough and craypas) phew! i still had to buy indoor shoes (those white ones with rubber bottoms) and i think i should buy some white socks for p.e. uniform days. oh, and a smock for lunchtime, blue for boys, pink for girls.
luckily it's all machine washable, but the blouse and smock need to be ironed. of course we bought everything large so it will last the whole time he's in school, and when i went to the school yesterday i noticed kids with 'street clothes' on (though usually 'mixed' with the uniform) so i don't think it's a enforced uniform policy (in the inaka, for goodness' sake!) so i'm not going to worry too much, though i think hiro will need the tall white socks to keep his legs warm.
luckily, he doesn't have to take the p.e. uniform with him. the kindergarten gives us a calendar each month and lets us know what uniform to wear each day. what a relief, i don't think i could keep up! lol today was p.e. uniform day, and also for the rest of the week, i think.
If your school doesn't have a rule that it has to be white socks, I would get him navy or black socks. That sand/dirt/mud they have at school is impossible to get out of white socks. I get the cheap navy ones(short and kneehigh) from Nissen and just have a couple of nice white knee highs for when they are required to wear the white ones, like for opening and closing ceremony and all that stuff.
Thank goodness for those machine washable uniforms, even though they look too fancy to wash, don't they? I know someone who thought they had to be dry cleaned. I guess her kid's dress uniform only got washed three times a year during the long breaks as there aren't very many one day cleaners.
Our blouse really needs to be ironed too, but I don't do it. Letting it air dry is ironed enough for me. LOL! Our smock only comes home once a year so it isn't a big deal.
It is so interesting to see/hear the differences in schools, isn't it?
i have looked for dark/black socks and can't find any!! i found a pack of 'school' socks at nishimatsuya, in white, which i think is better than any character socks i find. the uniform socks are actually the dark ones, so i don't think he'll be wearing them too often. lol
Oh how fun! I love first days of school... especially NEW first days. So cute, and I'm glad the day went well for umm most of you. The nap part is rough. Oh and umm Little Miss never got over not being able to ride the bus. Luckily she finally does this year! Hmmmm. Comment appears to be working for me ok. Sometimes you can change things in your settings to make it work better. Good luck! And thanks for stopping by on BATW for Chicago. I hope you come back to visit soon!
I'm a little late, but I want to congratulate Hiro on his first day too!!
He looks so cute in his uniform!! I love the little kid uniforms over here!
I'm glad that there was no tears and that Hiro seems to be enjoying himself. Some of the kids at the day care centre (2 year olds, 3 years old even) can take up to a couple of months of crying everyday all day before they get used to it!! So congrats to Hiro for being such a big boy!
I'm sure Sasha is going to miss having Hiro around everyday... but soon it will be her turn to go to kindy too!
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