1st day follow up

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I should note that Niko spent the morning claiming he was “too cranky” to go to school and coming up with different reasons not to go to school. He picked out his own clothing, rejecting my button down shirt options for an Aquaman t-shirt. He’s thrilled with his (dinosaur) back pack and lunch bag (which he probably won’t be using for school). He dawdled on the walk and collected leaves, but had a good time at school and speaks positively of it and is looking forward to going back tomorrow. We walked down Kedzie, initially to take the bus home, but then he suggested taking the train home and we did even though we only took it for one stop and we walked about as far to it as we would have walked going home.

We made special going to school cookies, which are sugar cookies with images stamped on them, you know the ones, they’re in the dairy section of grocery stores and come packed flat. No big deal, but also very special. Once home, we put on a puppet show. My babydoll had gone to school for the first time and enjoyed it, but Niko’s panda bear had stayed home all day and “made cupcakes all day.” “and then what?” “and then I ate all the cupcakes until it was nap time.” Well. I know what kind of life I’d prefer, frankly.

Nesko surprised us by coming home HOURS earlier than he usually does, which is super great, and now we’re watching a dinosaur documentary, and then clean up and bed time. It was a pretty good day in all.

I think tomorrow I’m going to take a book and hang out at the Dunkin Donuts until Niko’s done with school, because it’s going to be hot again tomorrow and I don’t know if I want to do all that extra walking in the heat. I really wish there was a library branch close by to the school.

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