Kolby took the morning off so we could bring him to his first day as a family. Beckett was so excited. We had gone to Meet the Teacher a few days before so he had seen his classroom and kept talking about wanting to play with the "bobtap" toys ("bobcat" as in construction truck). As we pulled into the parking lot he started chanting "new friends" and clapping. He was ready!
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It's been a few weeks now and I'm happy to report that everything has exceeded what I'd hoped for. He has the biggest crush on his main teacher and she's always the first name out of his mouth when I ask him about his new friends. She's really sweet. He also loves music class and his music teacher and talks about her a lot too. He hasn't ever hesitated to run right into school and into his classroom--he barely even says bye to me! And he's taken at least a one-hour nap every day. I really wish I could be a fly on the wall at nap time: two teachers trying to get 6 one-year-olds to lay on their mats and fall asleep. But some way, somehow they make it work and he even napped on his first day. Which is crazy to me since he's never napped anywhere but a crib or a portable crib, where he had nowhere to go, not to mention we always keep his room dark and quiet. It gives me the feeling that he's really been pulling one over on us this whole time ;).
Anyway, it's all been such a great experience and it makes me so happy that Beckett is thriving at preschool as much as he is. It's so good for him to have a change of scenery and be around other kids his age on a regular basis, plus he's picking up some good skills like learning to play more independently, listening (sometimes), eating at a table rather than in a highchair, etc. All in all, it's been a great start to his first preschool experience!
