Owen headed out today for his first day of preschool 4's (three mornings a week). I was hugging the tar out of him to say goodbye, and after tolerating me for about 500 milliseconds, he wiggled his way out of the embrace, found a seat at the playdough activity set up when he got there, and waved an enthusiastic goodbye. He looked tired and very happy when we picked him up at noon, and had about as much to tell me as you'd expect. He did tell me that he asked a teacher why one of the playground swings was locked up in a cage, and she said it would be available for them to use on Wednesday. So that scored as a pretty important event. And he told me that the picture on the birthday chart for his name was a dish of ice cream, so his teacher is going to give him a dish of ice cream for his birthday (hmm, that may be a let down!). And finally, I learned that there were cupcakes for snack today. I guess that is decent reporting for a 4-year old. Of course, I had an insatiable appetite for details, and upon pushing him, received the expected contrary attitude and answer of 'No.' Did you make a craft? 'No.' Did you read books together? 'No.' Was your teacher super-nice? 'No.' Owen, if you want to keep going to school, you are going to need to tell mom and dad a few things about your day and not have a naughty attitude! 'I'm saving it up to tell Dad.' OK, that's fine. I will just listen while you tell Daddy about it tonight. :)
The only thing I don't really love is that there are two classes of 4's, and one is huge, and one is tiny. Right now, Owen's class only has 5 kids! I think the other one has more like 12. There were 6 in his class at orientation last week, but one of the moms switched her daughter out because she wanted her to have more girls in her class, so right now, there is only 1 girl in Owen's class. I think Owen could use some female influence too, but maybe the extra attention and other rough-and-tumbles will be a good fit for him. Some people pay big money for small classes, right? :)
Aw, Mom. The hair-straightening thing? Seriously??
Ready to rumble.
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