First Day of Preschool

Today was my 3 year-old son's first day of preschool.  He has been waiting (not so patiently) almost a year to start.  When I asked him if he liked school he said yes, and that he has 3 teachers. His favorite part he says was eating some more, and eating some more, and eating some more.  He also said cleaning up.  I must get their secrets!

He doesn't go to preschool all day.  We started getting ready to go right after lunch.  It didn't take too long.  I knew what he would be wearing.  He hates to wear his coat though, so that was a bit of a time-consumer.  I have to admit, I would love to live somewhere that I would never have to wear a coat.  Since we haven't moved to that location yet, I insisted that he wear his coat. 

I promised him that I would buy him a "Toy Story" backpack when he started school.  Last week, when we found out he would be starting school, I ordered the backpack from Amazon.com.  It shipped to me in 2 days for free... how nice!  He was so excited to get it. 

When I brought him to school, I had to fill out some paperwork about who to contact in the case of an emergency.  I also had to turn in his immunization record showing that it is up-to-date.  So, I went in for a few minutes and got everything taken care of. As soon as he entered the room, he started playing with the toys.  There was a little girl in there already so he went to where she was.  When it was time for me to leave, I told him I loved him, to listen to the teacher and good-bye.  He said bye and continued to play.  I am thankful to know that he is comfortable in the room. 

I walked back to the van, holding my newborn in my arms, knowing that she will be my last child that I ever bring to school for the first time.  I placed her in her car seat and we drove home.  It is a short drive and she fell sound to sleep by the time we got here.

I have been blessed with four wonderful children.  My older two children enjoy school.  I hope the 3 year-old loves his school career as much as he does right now.  He says he likes all the kids there and I am excited for him to make new friends.

The First Day of School for the Two Oldest Children

School started for them on Aug 15, but since we were back East, they started on Aug 23, the first day we were back for them start.  My oldest son started 3rd grade and my daughter started 2nd grade.  My sister brought them to school, as I had already been at work for 2 hours by the time school started.  I wished I could have been there for their first day, but sometimes things are not possible.

My daughter is going to write about her first day of school in her own words...

When I got to 2nd grade I saw my BFF had short hair. Now when I got into the classroom I found my desk, got breakfast, then got to work. Some math then the pledge of allegiance it was really fun on Friday. We have Fantastic Friday. We have Root beer floats or Cream soda floats they are both so yummy. And those are my words.

My son doesn't want to write about his first day.  He said that he had a good first day of school.  He got homework, as did his little sister, which probably wouldn't have happened if it were actually the first day of school.  He saw his second grade teacher before school started and she gave him a hug.  He really liked her.  He has had several great teachers in his school career thus far.  They had their class pictures too, which we didn't know about, since it was their first day back.  Hopefully they turned out well!