Our “baby” is heading off to school (preschool that is)…

Today was Connor’s orientation for St. Luke’s Preschool (where we got married at). Abby and Isaac also go there but are in different classes because they are older than Connor.

Connor has 3 girls and 1 other little boy in his class. They have a little potty (real porcelain toilet) but it is only like 12-18 inches off the ground. He washed his hands 3 times while we were there and did not have to use the potty. (Potty training is coming along great…he went #2 all by himself last night and #1 is almost all the time now…accidents during naps happen and sometimes while he sleeps at night).

When we entered his classroom, he held on to Mommy’s leg for about 30 seconds. His two teachers were in there and two other little girls were already in there. I kneeled down and show him the toys and gave him a little pat on his rear-end and told him he could go play. That was all it took…off he went to “cook” some food at the kitchen set. We were there for about 1 hour and went out in the hallway (out of his sight) for about 10 minutes…he didn’t even care.

At the end, his teachers gave him a bag of goodies…he was not shy at all (the other kids were shy). He walked right over and took the bag and said “thank you”. Then when it was time to go home, he waved good bye to his teachers and said “bye”.

He seems pretty excited…next week is the big day where we drop him off. We shall see how he does…Mommy and I are going to take him and pick him up together the 1st day.

He goes twice a week for 3 hours and has lunch/snack at school. Once a month he can stay after for an additional 2 hours to play on the playground. They take fieldtrips to local areas and the first one will be to a local farmer’s market. They will look at pumpkins and take a hay ride. Sounds like fun!