first day of school 2008

First Day of School 2008: On Wednesday half of the preschool class went to school, including Alex and Chloe (the other half goes Friday). Chloe cried at dinner the night before and said she wished that she’d have the same class this year as she did last year and that she’d miss me while she was at school. Alex didn’t say much. She was still a little nervous in the morning and gave me lots of hugs. Alex was excited to show his new Airator sneakers to his teacher and Chloe decided that she’d like to bring a picture of the ground hog in our backyard to take to school and show to the teacher. They each decided that they’d like to take a picture of me with them to school also. Chloe said she was worried about finding her class room after I dropped her off in car line. I said she’d just have to tell the teacher who walked her from our car that she was in Mrs. Peirce’s class. She was worried that she’d forget the name so as we waited in the car line she repeated to herself “Mrs. Peirce… Mrs. Peirce… Mrs. Peirce…” When a teacher opened our car door both kids jumped out and never looked back. When I picked them up Chloe said she’d made a new friend named Mackenzie. They both told me that they’d had graham crackers and water for a snack but the fruit was something they’d never heard of before so they didn’t try it. I asked what kind of “helpers” they were. Alex got to be line leader (their favorite!) and Chloe was the counter (she counted the kids in line to make sure everyone was there). Alex said they played inside then they played outside, and then a “horrible thing happened”. What horrible thing? He said that the teacher made them sit down while they waited for the parents to pick them up. He told the teacher he wanted to stand but she wouldn’t let him. I guess last year’s teacher may have had a different rule and Alex does not like rule changes so in his view it was a “horrible thing”. They both say they don’t think that going to school will be fun, but they don’t seem overly upset, so I guess we’re doing ok.