The first day of kindergarten is a momentous day for both child and parent. The weeks and days leading up to the first day of school have been filled with anticipation and excitement. Visits to the school, meetings with teachers, introductions to the principal, shopping for a new outfit, learning bus riding procedures, and packing, unpacking and re-packing of the mandatory accessory — the backpack.
The day before the first day of school, a few parents of the soon-to-be- kindergarteners organized a pizza picnic. After catching up on summer adventures, one of the excited moms asked me, “Are you going to go to school in the morning and take pictures?” Puzzled I replied, “I had not thought about it. Carly is taking the bus. I am going to the bus-stop and planned on taking a few snapshots there.” Politely, but firmly, she told me that there is only one first day of kindergarten.