Yesterday was Ayden's first day of preschool!!! We have been looking forward to this day for oh so long!! He is such a busy body and a typical boy, so he gets bored so easily and needs to be entertained 24/7! I knew preschool would be perfect for him to get some interaction with other kids and learn along the way!! =) This is a time when I wished we still lived in Utah so I could pay someone the small amount that I charged people when I taught preschool! I can't believe how much preschool costs in California, but I know it will be worth it because he had a great day yesterday!!
Ayden has been getting excited about going to school for a while, but the excitement level skyrocketed on Saturday when we bought him a lunch box! All of a sudden, I think it hit him that he REALLY was going to school soon! Ever since Saturday, he has carried around his Spiderman lunch box with him everywhere we go! He took it out to dinner with us on Saturday night, to church on Sunday, to the grocery store, everywhere!!
On Monday night, we got all ready.....clothes set out, backpack ready, lunchbox out....we were set!! I had to put a note in his lunch box for his first day! All growing up, I remember getting little love notes in my lunch from my mom. They were always written on a napkin and were short and sweet! I remember being TOTALLY embarrassed about it....I remember hiding the napkin under the table while I took a quick peek to see what it said! Looking back, I realize what a lucky girl I was to have a mom that cared that much.....I want my kids to feel the same way when they are 30 years old and look back on their experiences....so we are starting with notes in the lunches!! =)
On Tuesday morning, he woke up and was ready to go to school!! Oh darn.....I had to break it to him that he didn't go to school until 12:30 pm!! When Jeremiah left for work, Ayden got his backpack on & lunch box ready to go outside to wait for the bus.....still in his jammies!! Poor kid....once again, I had to break his heart and tell him that he wasn't going to be riding the bus to school (not sure where he got the idea he was going to have to ride the bus to school)! He was sad!
Zoe was sad that she didn't get to have a backpack and a new lunch box, so she used his and pretended that she was going to school! This was absolutely NOT OKAY with Ayden!! He said that "Zoe cannot go to school Mommy.....this is MY special day, not Zoe's!!!"
12:30 pm finally rolled around and we showed up at school!! Here is Ayden walking up to the building....
The first thing he has to do every day is find his name tag on the table....he can spot it right away!
Putting his backpack in his cubby....
Ready to go eat lunch....he looks not so sure about this whole preschool thing anymore!!
Really not so sure in this picture....this was when the little boy started crying because his mom was leaving....Ayden was concerned! Zoe was in the background pretending she was big enough for preschool!!
Zoe threw a fit since she didn't have a lunch like all the other kids!
The classroom.....as I was leaving.....I tried to just keep walking, but I had to turn around and look back!
Parents were filing in and out of the door, some kids were crying as their moms walked out of the room, some kids looked frightened, some were happily eating their lunch. As I sat Ayden down and helped him get his lunch set up, I all of a sudden felt like I didn't want to leave him! It's funny I felt that way because earlier in the day I told my mom I'm not sure why some moms are so sad when there kids go off to school! I told her...."I can't wait for the break!!!" I was wrong....I was so sad to leave him!! And I thought about him for the entire 3 1/2 hours he was gone! I may have enjoyed my quiet time a little bit better if Zoe had taken a nap and not been so fussy....I guess she missed him too! I guess tomorrow is a new day! And we will see how that goes!
Ayden had a blast and he talked to me for about 30 minutes after I picked him up telling me everything that had happened.....he met new friends, a boy was crying cuz he missed his Mommy, he went potty all by himself but his teacher had to help him pull up his pants because "that's just hard to do Mommy" (and when I asked if he washed his hands, he said, "yes that sink was icky and dirty"), he learned about circles, he got to use paint, he liked his teacher and kept saying, "what is her name again Mommy?" (Miss Amanda), he likes 5 girls in his class (the girls definitely outnumber the boys in this class....there are only 3 boys total), he sang songs, learned about the letter A "my name", and the list goes on and on and on!! I loved hearing all his stories!
The biggest story came when I asked him if he got in trouble and he went on and on giving me bits and bits of information.....this is what I got out of it!!! Something about during play time, when they were out on the playground, Ayden was swinging on the swings "and being wild" and saw a bell on the table (the one they ring to tell the kids play time is over)......he ran over and rang the bell! A "grandma teacher" (I am assuming this means an older lady) came up to him and told him "NO" and that "only teachers ring the bell". He couldn't play anymore and had to sit down on the playground for a minute. I told him, "uh oh....you need to remember next time that only teachers can ring the bell" and he said, "yeah, maybe later I can be a teacher when I get big." It was pretty funny and totally cute to hear him tell the story! I love this age when they can tell you EVERYTHING that happened when they are not in your sight! It's nice that I don't have to wonder anymore what happens when I am not around!
We continued to celebrate Ayden's special day! He got the "You Are Special Today" red plate at dinner time! This was a tradition in my family whenever something new or special happened to one of us! Ayden loved it! After dinner we went to get ice cream!
It was a great day....we love preschool!! =)
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