First day of preschool

We have been talking about this for a few weeks and he has been so excited!  Last night we told him that today was the big day.  He was so excited that he couldn't even fall asleep.  He giggled and smiled every time he got out of bed.  Finally I told him that the faster he falls asleep the faster preschool will come.  It did the trick, and he finally went to bed around 9:30.

When we arrived he was a bit intimidated by all of the kids, but when the teachers told the kids to sit in a circle he sat down and that was my cue to leave.  I got there a bit early and peaked through the window on the door and it looked like he was having a fun time.

When the teacher opened the door for the parents to come in Alex put his head down a bit.  When I asked him what was wrong he said there were a lot of kids, but later in the car he told me he was sad that I picked him up because he wanted to stay at preschool.  He told me that he met a child named Cooper and I asked if he had played with HIM... his reply was "No mom, Cooper is a girl."  Oops.  He also told me there were more Alex's in the class.

He said they played with dinosaurs and saw lady bugs and read a story about ears and hearing.  He told me he wanted to go to regular school because they had more trucks.  I laughed at this.

I should mention that this is more of a camp program through the park and rec department.  He will also be attending something similar in the fall but it will be more preschool based.  They hold the class in the community center so the teachers bring activities and toys.  I think he was sad about the fact that there wasn't a room full of toys.  :)

He told me he had a lot of fun and he really liked preschool!