Preschool!

Case survived and thrived his first day of preschool. I was so proud. Below is a pic of him waiting with excitement to leave for school in order to see if the playground was open. During open house last week, much to his dismay, the playground was closed. He has been talking about the playground ever since.



I had no idea I would have to tote so much stuff for both kids to stay somewhere 4 hours. For Cole I had a diaper bag and lunch box with 2 bottles, snacks, crackers, jarred baby food lunch (he has never eaten jarred baby food in his life, but I felt like I couldn’t just send him off with crackers alone and not look like a neglectful parent, even though all he eats are crackers), changes of clothes, baby, paci, diapers, wipes, medicines and 100 other things for his room. Case had a back pack and lunch box filled with things I knew he wouldn’t eat but since I couldn’t send him with eggrolls and broccoli I had to once again pretend he eats a balanced meal of carrots, cheese, meat, pretzels and watermelon. He also had a change of clothes, school folder, water, his baby and a huge sack of play dough for the classroom. Whew! I need a buggy just to get everything in the building. Case opted to carry the least heavy item into the classroom, his lunch box.



Case knew exactly where his class room was and marched right in. I wanted him to make a good first impression on his first day therefore we practiced saying good morning to his teachers Mrs Frankie and Mrs Bell in the car.



After we dropped off his back pack and delivered the play dough to his teachers, Case dove right in to free play time. I had been up late into the night making homemade play dough for the classroom as the signup sheet requested. And even thought I was tired I smiled the entire time thinking about how this was a "first" in a totally new and different phase of parenting. This was the beginning of school age parenting. I was making play dough for his class room. Soon it will be cupcakes, school projects and play costumes. Ahhh, the sweet memories that go along with school and being a parent to a child in school.



As you can see below the daily schedule is full of fun. In fact, he had such a good time today that he didn't want to leave when I came to get him. How about that for a knife in the heart? He said, "mommy I want you to leave and I will stay here at school." But then again, he has never had a problem with separation anxiety. Overall the day was a super success. Mama got a much needed break and I was surprised at how much more attentive and focused on the boys I was after that break. Case played well with others, didn’t have any accidents and now can’t wait to go back to school. I hope this is the beginning of a lifelong love for education and learning. Yea for successful days!