Preschool…oh boy, here we go!

Riley had his first day of preschool today! Riley is attending Mount Calvary Preschool, which is located in our church, 3 days a week  (M T Th)  from 12:30-3pm.  His class is a mixture of 3,4 and some 5 year olds.  There are about 10 kids in total. 

Ryan and I were both excited and worried…this day could go one of 2 ways:

1.  Riley does wonderfully and loves it!

2. The teachers ask us kindly to never bring our son back

I knew we wouldn't have to worry about tears shed by Riley, he would jump right in and not miss a beat.  There was, however, one mom dragging her screaming toddler in the door.  As I pictured, all the parents dropping their darlings off at preschool had they're "professional" cameras, capturing every moment…I came prepare with my "amateur" camera (pop-up flash and all)  attempting to capture every moment, but Riley waltz in like he owned the joint, hung up his back pack, washed his hands like the teacher told him and went and play with toys.  Ryan and I stood there like "Big Gulps…huh…?  well see ya later!"  I Knew he wouldn't make a scene, but I at least thought he would show a little worry about us leaving him…for all he knew, we were dropping him off for good!  We stood by the door watching Riley play with a puzzle while the other kids stuck by their parents or wondered around like lost puppies. We decided it was time to go so I walked up to him and said very carefully " Ok, buddy…mommy and daddy are leaving now…"  Riley responded "Ok…bye!"  And that was that….we officially have a preschooler!

While Riley was at preschool, Tate slept and I worked.  Before we knew it, it was time to pick Riley up.  I got to the church about 5 minutes before 3pm and saw that all the parents were heading inside to pick up their kids.  So I grabbed Tate and headed inside also…all the parents were cramming in by the door, while the preschoolers were finishing up their final song across the room.   The teacher was standing facing the kids, doing actions to a song and the kids were standing facing her mimicking her actions... the kids were standing together in a pack…while our little Riley was FRONT AND CENTER rocking out those actions!

That is, until he spotted me out of the corner of his eye…then he stopped his awesome hand gestures and went up to the teacher, yanked on her skirt and yelled "LOOK MY MOMMY'S HERE!!!!!!" and sprinted towards me.  Then of coarse all the other kids saw their parents and ran over also, which abruptly ended class for the day…now I know not to go in early!

I asked Riley how preschool went and this is what he told me:

They washed their hands

He played with a train, airplane and firetruck

They red a book about a dragon that spilled paint

They sang songs

They used the potty

He did not sit in the corner

I asked him if he wanted to go back and he said, "No, I go home and see Bear…"  then I asked if he would wanted to go back in a couple days and he said "YEAH!"