First Day of Preschool

August/September 2011 - -

Here are a few pictures of the first day of preschool this year (first ever for Catherine) both before and after school and then one from later in the week that was just sweet of the two of them hugging. (Thursday is Chapel day for both of them and Jacob's class has asked they wear the school t-shirt (yellow shirt in final picture on post) those days.)

The stroller pictures are from our very first morning headed to preschool. They weren't too keen on having their pictures taken which is normally not a problem. : )

The friends they are sitting with at the picnic table are our dear German friends Theo (with Jacob) and Richie (the younger boy.) We spend a lot of time recreating with them and their family.

I've started perhaps a bad habit in that each day when I pick them up from school I have a cold beverage, a snack, and then some special something for each of them (in these pictures - new stickers.) So now when I sign them out they always ask what their special surprise is! Thankfully they are just as happy with new library books/DVDs so it doesn't always cost us something. Somehow I think this was something my dear mother did for us most school days as well. : )

Cute story: Jacob goes to school Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and is in the "Penguin" class while Catherine goes Tuesday and Thursday and is in the "Sailor" class. They informed me, however, early on when the class letters came out before school began that they didn't like their class names and have since re-named them: "Dinosaurs" and "Ponies" respectively. : )

Finally, in case you were curious Catherine seems to love school! She cried a bit the first few times, but not much and now she is so excited to go to preschool on her days (she also is very happy to have just one day with Mommy all to herself too on Wednesdays.) She always insists on carrying all of her school things: lunch box, drink, and pulling her kitty cat rolling back pack. (Whereas each day Jacob upon leaving school turns to me and says: "here" with his back pack.) She also tells me what she had packed in her lunch and tells me what she did that day in specific detail. For three years now I have been trying to extract information (Greg too) from Jacob about his day and the details are minimal. : ) Although this year more than ever he has been a bit more forthcoming about his day. It is really interesting to see how much more serious the four-year-old classroom is: starting the year out with responsibilities like putting up your lunch box on the rolling car and hanging up your own back pack, learning class rules, more work on letters/writing your name, and fewer art projects and things like science experiments, etc.