Preschool!

We eat healthy 80% of the time, so giving Nico a giant cookie AND ice cream after dinner was only because it's the night before his first day of....PRESCHOOL!!

We have enrolled him in 2 half days of preschool (8-12:30), where he will be in a class with 10 other 3 year olds! I'm so excited for him. Even though we get out and do things with him all the time, I think it's important for him to do this and get some formal structure. If he can sit still for 5 min for an activity, listen to a teacher, and interact/share well with his classmates, then our mission is accomplished. Plus, you gotta love all the cute little projects that I know he will be bringing home!

The typical schedule for him includes free play for the first 30 min to an hour while everyone is showing up, then some outside recess time, and then mostly classroom time before he finishes up with lunch at noon. Some days there is Spanish class and other days they learn about the Bible.

David packed some of his favorite foods to help him get through this first day! I think he could eat cheese and crackers every day for lunch.

Love this little guy. He looks so much older with the recent haircut and holding a lunchbox. Yikes.

 

 

 

As I write this blog, it has now been many weeks after his start of school, and I can say that his first few weeks did not go well... at all! He cried and cried before leaving home, cried in the car, and cried for the first 5-10 min there. (Luckily he was fine after the initial 10 min after drop off.) His sleep schedule was totally screwed up, and he woke up every morning between 6 and 6:30 asking if it was a school day, when he normally slept til 7:30-8. He talked happily about not having school on the days he didn't. He also literally threw up one night when I mentioned school the next day. It was so dramatic. And he was not the happy, fun loving Nico that we were so used to every day. The poor guy had anxiety!

 

But... he got a little better each week. His teachers provided him so much comfort and attention. They even let him bring his blanket to ease the big change for him. He started to learn that David would always pick him up after lunch. He also made friends and was excited to see them and especially to play outside. After about 5-6 weeks, things really started going what we could call okay. There was only a little hesitation and whining at drop off. Phew! To be continued...