Jack's First Day of Preschool

I can't believe this day has come so quickly, but Jack started preschool today, and he was very excited. To prepare, we found a few books about what to expect at preschool, which we've read over the last couple of weeks. We've also been practicing making lunch and packing his lunchbox, and then having him eat his lunch all by himself (maneuvering those juice box straws all by yourself can be a challenge when you are 3!). So this morning we were as prepared as we could be... We got ready, and then just as we had practiced, we made lunch together. Jack picked dinosaur PB&J for his first day, along with carrots, Veggie Tales fruit chews, Teddy Grahams, and apple juice.

Yummy Dinosaur PB&J!




Ahhh...lunch box packed- CHECK!


All ready for school! Cool Lightning McQueen lunch box!

So I didn't cry, but oh how I wish there were spy cameras in the classroom. I threatened to go peek in the windows a few times, but controlled myself.

What a big boy!

Here we are in Ms. Elisia's class

Jack found the dinosaurs, so he was as happy as can be at preschool!

The green happy card means he was a good boy and had very superstar behavior! Notice there is another Jack in his class. Our Jack's cards are the ones in the top row.

Making friends and playing with animals...

Checking out his classroom.

Cute class!

The sign he is holding says "Jack had a great first day!" He also got a hippo sticker on his shirt for taking a good nap! Jack told us that Ms. Elisia read a story, they played with animals, he cut a square with safety scissors, and the slide that "goes round and round and round" is very scary. He made his bed at naptime, but tells us it got messed up. He also tells us that Ms. Elisia told him to sit down (not surprising, but he must have listened well since he got the big sign in the picture, and only a few kids had one hanging in their cubby hole.) He used the potty all by himself and was very impressed with the Dora the Explorer booster seat that Ms. Elisia showed him how to use. He is excited to go back, so I'd say it was an extremely successful first day of preschool. Great job, Jack!