Alabama Academics

This week was very exciting for us. Nathan started preschool on Tuesday and loved it. They have one way windows, which I took full advantage of. He put on a sad show for me while I was in the room, but as soon as I walked out of the room, he was on the floor playing.
Here he is on his first day of school. These pictures are funny because you can see the progression of nervousness. He's Mr. Funny Guy at home in the driveway.
It's becoming more real to him in the parking lot at school.
He's in the classroom with a really nervous look on his face. Luckily, everything turned out to be great and he didn't even cry. You could tell he wanted to, but he held it together like he said he would. He's such a big boy now!
When I picked him up he was building a tall tower with some peg-type blocks. He told me he didn't want to leave yet because he wasn't done playing. Shortly after he told me that, his teacher, Ms. Linda, told the class it was time to pick up toys. Nathan immediately jumped up from the table and told Ms. Linda, "Sorry Teacher. I have to go home now. My mommy is here and I have to go home." The other teacher, Ms. Katie, started cracking up at Nathan's "Sorry Teacher" comment. Can you tell he doesn't like the picking up part of playing? It's such a relief dropping him off at school when he actually enjoys it so much he doesn't want to come home.
Baby Sister is a big girl too. She started preschool this week and absolutely loves it. Here she is primping for her first day of school.

I sat her down in the middle of her classroom and she never looked back. She had a whole new room to explore and a bunch of new kids to play with. Who needs Mommy when you have all that?
I picked her up and her teachers, Nathan's teacher, and the preschool director told me she is absolutely the happiest baby ever and she smiled all day long. No surprise there. Did you expect anything other than smiles from her? Nathan's teacher said she went in Baby Sister's class for a minute and Kathryn was the only kid in the room not crying. I asked if she took a nap and Ms. Jenn responded with "No way. Not even close." Baby Sister was too busy playing to even think about sleep. She was home five minutes before she went down for a nap though. A three hour nap! Thursdays are going to be great!

As I was packing lunches, I realized how neglected Kathryn looks. Nathan has this personalized embroidered lunch bag while Kathryn carries her lunch in a Walmart bag with her name written in magic marker. I guess that's just part of being second child.

Before anyone gets upset about poor pitiful Kathryn, let me explain that I ordered her an embroidered lunch bag last week, but it didn't arrive in time for her first day of school. She'll be dining in style next week!