First day of pre-school

Yesterday was John's first day at pre-school. The bus picked him up at the sitter's (Lisa) house at Noon. He has been very excited about riding a "school bus" since we told him that he would be riding one to go to school. We were not sure which he was more excited about, riding the bus or going to school. Lisa and John were outside waiting for the bus to come and it rounded the corner and out of John's mouth was "Oh My Gosh!" "That's mine" "For Me". Lisa said he was so excited and was smiling from ear to ear. She has to put him on the bus and buckle him in. She said he turned and looked at her and said"Bye Lisa!" and never looked back.

I spoke with the director of the program this morning and she said John did great. She said at first he was a little reluctant to join the group and was happy to just look around and check out the room and everything in it. She did get him to join in the activities on the rug and he sat quietly and listened and watched what they were doing. Then she checked on him a little later and he was playing with blocks and interacting with the other kids very well. Later in the day, they were in the gym and he was running around and playing with the kids and having fun. She told me she was impressed by what she saw for his first day.

The ride home on the bus was uneventful and by the time it got to Lisa's house, John was sleeping in the seat. When Lisa got on the bus to get John off, the bus driver commented that he had a great time and was talking to the other kids and everything. Lisa told her that he would probably fall asleep most days because if they go anywhere in the afternoon for any length of time in the car he falls asleep but will wake up as soon as they get home. Which is what he did when he got to her house. He changed his school clothes and went out to play.

When we picked him up from Lisa's house, he was really excited to tell us about the bus ride and his teacher, Miss Becky. Also said he played with boys but not much else but wanted to go back today.