Big boy school!

Do you think the teacher is ready for this? LOL! Today I dropped my big boy off for preschool. He told me last night that he was scared, which is understandable. I was nervous for him. I told him that it was okay to be scared. He would have so much fun and that before he knew it, I would be there to pick him up. The big change is that I will make him breakfast and lunch everyday. He is excited about that. We talk about what he wants me to pack for him in his lunch. Today he got peanut butter and jelly, of course! On our drive to school we talked about his teacher Miss Carol and all of the animals in his classroom, and all of his new friends, about how he'd get to go outside and play and then eat his sandwich. Then he'd get to use his hew John Deere tractor nap mat, play some more and then I'd pick him up. When I dropped him off, he walked right in, and never cried even though some of the other kids were crying. The kids were all sitting in the middle of the room on a mat. There were probably 30 or so. Miss Carol took us to his cubbie. We stacked his backpack and his nap mat in there, but when it came time to leave his lunch box, he said, "No, I want to hang on to it." Funny! He thought someone might eat his sandwich. Leave it to our kid to be obsessive with his food! I'll post an update when I pick him up tonight. I am positive he'll do great and am excited about all of the things he'll learn!

UPDATE: I picked him up tonight, and his teacher was busy with the after-school care. The director said no news was good news. He didn't take a nap, but he did eat his lunch. (of course!) He did tell me that he didn't eat his carrots, I was hoping I could sneak those in and he'd eat them by the power of peer pressure. The director said that would actually work as the year went on! :) G did say that he had a time out for screaming. The director looked confused and said she hadn't heard anything. I'll try to find out more. Let's hope we don't get kicked out the first week. Just kidding... I'm sure there are more stories to be told. Next Monday night is Parent's Night. We'll meet all of the other parents and learn what we are doing wrong, etc. It will be fun. I'm sure they'll want us to volunteer for lots of projects. You know how much extra time I have right now, so I'll just have to be careful as to how much I take on, but I do want to be involved.