The road to PreK for NHL has been a bumpy one, especially Friday. The little guy is so excited to get ready and go, but when it is time to leave daddy, things go downhill quickly.

Friday I received a call from JL after drop off. NHL was going to go half way to his room alone. This did not happen. He was clingy and eventually went into complete meltdown and crying. The poor little guy did not want to leave JL. This is something that had not happened in months at nursery school. They finally got him into the room and Noah’s teacher helped so JL could leave. Later another mother said she got there just as JL left and NHL was calm and playing before she left.

Unfortunately, more is going on. Yesterday at pick up I wanted to talk with his teacher quickly to make sure she was fine with his therapists coming in when they were. She told me she couldn’t talk, but would call over the weekend, likely Sunday. She also mentioned he had a tough day, especially in the afternoon. Well, I may have fund a reason for that. I’m not making excuses for my kid, but this could honestly be the heart of the problem. All three days NHL has barely eaten his lunch. Friday seemed to be the worst. His juice was gone (who knows if he drank it), but there was only 1-3 bites of sandwich missing and everything else was still there.

I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t be too nice in the afternoon if I had not eaten since 6:45 in the morning. I would have a nasty headache and be snarly to say the least. So we shall see what his teacher has to say and get suggestions from her to assist with drop off.

Here are some additional photos that JL took on day 2 since he forgot the camera the first day.

Hopefully things get better next week.  Now off to enjoy the weekend as a family.

C’est Moi

As previously mentioned (And So it Begins) NHL’s first day of PreK was yesterday. I went early to make sure I got a parking spot to pick him up. Thank goodness since they let them out 5 minutes early. I could only imagine how scared he would have been if Mommy wasn’t there.

So Ms. L tells me that NHL had a good day and we head off to the car down the street. The first thing out of NHL’s mouth "I didn’t get to use the computers!" I kid you not, that is what the child said to me. Not "Hi Mommy" – nope it was a complaint about that and then not being able to play with the puzzles.

After a reminder from me he gave me a hug and told me that he had a good day. In the car he told me about his "best friend" and asked if he could have something to drink when he got home because they threw away his apple juice.

What?

So NHL tells me his version of what happens and it doesn’t quite make sense. So JL asked about it this morning. Then he told me that at the new school they only go to the playground once a day not twice like at his nursery school. These adjustments are going to take time.

This morning he was just as excited to get up and go to school. JL called a few minutes ago to tell me that he wasn’t quite as eager to go once he got there. They went in together one more time and eventually NHL said goodbye and was good. JL asked the questions he had and also told them about last evenings events. (Tomorrow JL will only walk him to the outside door and NHL will go to his classroom alone)

JL is trying to get NHL more involved in making dinner so he’ll be more interested in eating things (boy can 4 year old be a PITA). Last night we made pizza. So NHL helped JL to make one of them. When it came out of the oven JL told him that it was hot. Well, 4 year olds are fast and before JL knew what happened, NHL was point and touching the pizza slice he wanted. He burned himself pretty badly. He finally calmed down enough and a little while later we had him soaking it in water to hydrate the skin. A small blister was forming, but this morning it’s hardly there. *sigh* Never a dull moment I tell ya.

So we shall see how things go today. They know to keep an eye on him at lunch to make sure he can open the juice and to speed him up while eating. With any luck he will still be happy this afternoon when I pick him up.

 C’est Moi

Our first of many school years with the boys in school. This morning was NHL’s first day of school – PreK here he comes!

He actually slept all night and nearly flew out of bed when I told him it was school today. He got dressed, barely ate breakfast and was ready to go quickly. Last night I had his outfit all ready for the morning for easy dressing, made his lunch with his help this morning, and we were ready to head out the door at 7:45.

Now please sit down. . . I am about to say something VERY shocking. Really, I mean it. . . especially if you know my husband.

Here it goes:

JL forgot to take the camera out the door.!     *GASP*   I fear he may be getting ill.

He thought that I was grabbing it. Uh, no I had JSL’s bag and my purse. His camera, his item to grab off the couch where he put it. So no photos at school, but JL did manage to get some shots of NHL before he left. Here they are:

Hopefully he has a lot of fun meeting new friends and does well. I will update later.  I still can’t believe my baby is 4 and started school today.  I’m still trying to grasp the fact that I am not going back to school this year, it feels so odd.

C’est Moi