First Day at School

First off, sorry for not blogging lately. I just haven’t felt like it, it has been too hot and the last couple weeks I was finishing up a big project at work, so I was trying to sneak in a little time on the computer here and there for work, which didn’t leave much time for blogging.  Hopefully things have calmed down a bit (and cooled down), so I’ll be able to get posts up a bit more frequently again.

Jenna went to her first day of school today. A nearby preschool has a one morning a week program for 1 year olds, called Discovery Days. We decided that Jenna would love to meet new friends and would benefit from the social interaction, so we signed her up over the summer. Yesterday we took her on a tour of her classroom and met her teachers and one other classmate.  She loved it and did not want to leave, so we were hopeful that she’d still be excited about it the next day. She was!

 

 

 

Getting ready to leave for school with her cool new backpack

We went inside the room and she took off without a look back at Mom. :)

 

Checking out the chairs and books under the playhouse

There are 4 or 5 girls in her class and 2 boys.  At least 2 of the girls are born in November, just before her, so they’re pretty close in age. Of course, she’s head and shoulders taller than everyone.

 

Looking out the window in the playhouse (it overlooks the room where the 2 year olds play)

After class we came home to tell Aaron about her day. He asked her what she did and she said, “Frog, sit”.  They assign animals to each kid and they have a mat for the kids to sit on.  Her animal is the frog. I was impressed that she remembered because the instructors told us that usually the 1 year old class doesn’t remember until spring.  She also told me that Miss Andie changed her diaper and she kept saying Mary Lou and Andie (those are her teacher’s names).  I asked her if she met any friends and she said yes, but she didn’t tell me any of their names. I met most of their parents during orientation (we went to it while the kids were in class), so I mentioned a few of their names and she repeated them after me.

During lunch, I took out the picture of her classroom and playground that the teachers had given us the day before and she pointed out a few of the fun things that she did, like play with toys and on the playground – with a playhouse and some dump trucks.