Kindergarten

I’ve been frustrated in the past that I can’t place any memories in Kindergarten.  Today, my kindergarten teacher posted a picture of our kindergarten class on Facebook.  Thanks to being friends with some girls I went to kindergarten with who were tagged in the picture, here it is:175297_1905029348136_1313838261_2246579_2800223_o

(I’m the first one in the second row.  With short brown hair and a pink and white dress)

Now that I think about it, I remember a few things about kindergarten registration/testing.  I remember going into the little room by the stage (where we had instrument lessons in 4th grade).  I also remember that my parents had always called me Kathy and when they gave me a name tag that said Kathleen, I told my mom that they gave me the wrong name tag because that wasn’t my name.    It wasn’t that I disliked the name, I really didn’t know that my name was Kathleen.  I remember learning my middle name (Alicia) and trying to memorize how to spell it as I got on the school bus.  I also remember the night before my first day of school, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep.  I kept getting up and asking my mom if it was time for school yet.