1st Day of School!!!

Today was Nathan's first official day of preschool. He goes on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9am-11:30am. Last week, we had a parents' meeting, and an "open house" when he could go and play in the classroom with us there, but today, he went on his own.

Today he woke up at 6:30, which is extremely early at our house. He went and got a Popsicle in the fridge and ate in the kitchen. Mark staggered out of bed and turned Sesame Street on, and we all tried to go back to sleep. By the time that we got out of bed at 8, Nathan was asking, is it time for preschool yet??

His teachers are Miss Carla and Miss Robin. Nathan thinks the name Robin is funny because of the Red Robin commercial (which he calls Big Robin). When we went to the open house, he played with a washing machine that he could put the clothes in, and then stir it like a real washing machine. He thought it was hilarious, when he put a pretend apple in the washing machine. We had to take Spike with us, because he had a vet appointment. Here's the kids on the way to preschool:

He did great when we dropped him off. He went right in the door and didn't look back. I teared up a bit, but I didn't cry. I can't believe he's old enough to go to school. We put Becca in the car seat when we were leaving and Becca looked at his car seat, and cried a bit for her "nay nay." It was really sweet.

We went to pick him up, but we were a bit early (so were all the other parents, I bet it's not like that every day), and we watched the kids come in from playing at the playground. The preschool has a wooded trail behind the parking lot, and in a clearing, there's a little playground. Nathan loved the slide the most. He said that this time, he put pretend cheese in the washing machine. He told us all about his day, and he seems really excited to go back on Friday!!