I can't believe it, but the day has arrived - our baby is in school! Today was Eli's first day of preschool! Eli will be going on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday in the afternoons. Today was the "jump start" day (meaning Mommy and Daddy came for an hour with Eli) and his first day all on his own is tomorrow.
Eli was very very very excited for preschool and literally ran into his room yelling, "yay!" His teacher got a kick out of that and told us that it was nice to see a child excited for school. Eli got his own cool tote bag with a frog on it (ranking high on the list of Eli's preferred animals) and it was also green (Eli's favorite color). So right away he was so happy. Eli drew a picture of himself, filled out a rocket ship with his name, favorite color, favorite food, age, etc. and sat for storytime. And when the teacher asked a question Eli raised his hand, was called on, and answered right away. We were afraid he would be shy, but apparently not - he just jumped in to play, to sit, to answer questions, and when it was time to go to the playground with the para-educator while the parents received more info, Eli just went without even looking back. Don't think he'll miss us! We did have Eli use the bathroom so he was familiar with it, and he thought one of the coolest things was that the sink is outside the bathroom . . . and has it's own little water fountain on the side. Eli likes water fountains so he thought that was the best and talked about that on the way home. :)
Eli's first day of preschool couldn't have gone better! When we got home he told me, "Mommy, I'm really good at this day. This was a great day!" He's super-excited to go back tomorrow and he's going to have a great year!
Taking the obligatory picture by the sign . . .
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Yea! Bulldogs rule!
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