So! Last week my Dude started preschool.
That nervous smile just kills me. And his answer to "what do you want to be when you grow up" seems super legit.
On the very first day I got to go in with him for a little practice day. Check out the classroom, meet the teachers, learn about circle time. You know... the highlights:
Tiny got to come in and learn about preschool, too.
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| ROAR. YUM YUM YUM. |
The dude did great. No problems. He was too busy to color his name tag but no big deal. Most exciting was hanging out with his buddies. He's lucky enough to know and be friends with quiet a few of his little classmates:
On the way home I asked him what he wanted for lunch and he requested smoothies. One of his
favorite foods since he was little. We saved them for a special bedtime snack:
And I have to include the throwback picture because LOOK HOW BIG HE IS NOW AND HE'S GOING TO SCHOOOOOOL AND IT GOES SO FAST:
Speaking of things going fast - Tiny got to have a smoothie, too. His very first one!
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The next day things got real. The first day of drop off. It was... yeah it was awful. He was great up until getting in the car. Then he decided he didn't want to leave me. That school wouldn't be fun if I didn't come with him. It escalated into tears and woe. The school was great about it, though. The school director (who is helping out with the 3yo class in the beginning) took him and told me "It's fine just GO." So I did. And then I pulled around the corner and freaked out. But! My friend pulled up next to me and was very reassuring. It's so nice to know some of the parents this time around! A bit later I texted the director (because that's how you parent in 2014) to see how he was doing. Apparently he calmed down immediately. Cried literally one tear. They wiped it up and he went on with his day. She even sent me a picture of him participating in circle time.
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Not crying. Score! |
When I picked him up the look on his face was AMAZING. He was SO PROUD. So EXCITED. So HAPPY. And he didn't stop talking for a solid hour.
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| You know what, mommy? .... Know what? |
I think I heard every single detail of the day. Who he sat next to in circle time. What they ate for snack. What song they sang. The whole sub story of the book they read. What his favorite car was and what the other kids played with and on and on and on. It was
awesome. And crazy how different the preschool experience was from
when my daughter first started. She had no hesitation but also told me basically nothing about her day. But the verdict from both of them was the same:
YAY SCHOOL!!!!!
