I got there early as planned so I could already be in the cafeteria when he arrived. He was walking in a line with his lunch bag and his classmates. One of his friends noticed me and told him but he did not hear. I waited until he sat down and then walked up behind him. I tapped him on the shoulder and asked "Can I have lunch with you today?" He turned around and had a huge grin on his face when he saw it was me. I jumped up and even gave me a hug....then the instructions started. I was to sit where he pointed and then take out my lunch. As he was taking out his chicken sandwich, strawberries and fruit stick, he was positively commenting what I packed for him to eat and was excited about it. Well, yeah, that's good to know since I do pack that fairly regularly. He also wanted to know what the note said that I included with his lunch. This one said "You are the coolest!"
He did not talk as much as I expected him to like he did when he was a Montessori School. He spent most of the time eating and hugging my arm. His friends asked who I was and wanted to know my name. I told them and then they wanted to know Collin's Daddy's name. I told them Chris and they proceed to tell me everyone they knew that was named Chris....and there were a lot of examples. Most of the time though, the kids diligently ate there food. About half the kids bought the hot lunch and the other half brought. I don't know if that is usual or if there are some kids that buy on Friday regularly. Collin did ask why he did not get to go in the line. I pointed out to him that he would not eat anything on the plate and he agreed that he would rather have what I packed him. That made me feel good to know that I was not wasting my time every morning to pack his lunch.
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