Our little Bennett is growing up. He had his first ever first day of school on Friday.
He is attending Orelia's preschool and is in an 18-30 month class with Teacher Maria.
The class meets once a week and a parent has to attend with the child (it's similar to a cooperative school). This is a great way for Bennett to ease into a school environment with very little stress and lots of fun.
Bennett carried his well-worn and favorite book from the moment we left the house until he got into his first-ever classroom. At that moment, the book was easily put aside to play with all the new things he couldn't wait to try.
Once he saw the big yellow trucks in the sand pit, it was love at first sight.
He just plopped himself down and went to work filling the trucks with sand over and over.
I could even chat with some friends and his new teacher while he happily dug in the sand - it was wonderful.
Everything was going swimmingly until cleanup time. There were five minutes of sobbing once it was time to say "bye bye backhoe" to all the trucks he had fallen in love with. For all I know, he thought we were at a toy store trying things out and we would be bringing all of these home with us.
He eventually recovered enough to sit through circle time (somewhat forlorn, mind you), but every time the word "school" is mentioned he immediately pipes in with "bye bye bap-oe." This is one hard lesson he will not forget!
I sure do love this sweet truck-loving guy and can't wait to see how much fun he has at school this year!
He loves trucks so much and I love those cheeks! How fun to have a kid that age who will sit still! And oh my goodness the cute of him equating school with the "trauma" of leaving his backhoes. haha. Love that boy!
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