Jonathon's first day of Preschool!

Tuesday September 2nd was Jonathon's first day of preschool. He is attending Jacob's Ladder in Nolensville. On Monday night he was so excited after his bath that he walked around for a couple of hours saying he was ready to leave. We packed up his backpack with his teddy bear, who will graduate on Thursday. He couldn't understand why he couldn't go to school on Monday night.

We finally got him to sleep, but the next morning he was so excited that he was up early. We got him dressed and ready and Granny and Grandaddy came by to see him before his big day.
We took him and dropped him off, and he didn't slow down long enough to say goodbye. He was up the stairs and into his classroom. It is a bittersweet feeling sending your baby off to school, even if it is only 3 hours 4 days a week. It brings back memories of holding this little helpless baby in my arms and taking care of his every need. Now he holds the handrail and goes into his classroom without even as much as a look back. It is amazing to me the independence he has. I know I taught him well, but it is still amazing.

We went back to get him, and walked to his classroom. His teacher said he had a pretty good day, only getting upset once at the end of the day when she had them put away the toys and move on to something else. He wanted to finish the puzzle he was working on. When we walked up, he was talking about the puzzle, so we let him go get it and finish it before taking him home. When he was done, and we got up to leave, he started to cry. He didn't want to leave. His wonderful teacher brought a tissue and explained that he would come back again the next day and wiped his tears.

We were finally able to take him home, and this morning he was ready to go again. This little man loves school. He is fascinated with school buses, and has wanted to follow his big brother to school for a couple of years now. Finally, he is big enough to go to his own school! He couldn't be happier!