First Day of School

Landon's first full day of school is today. I am excited to see how he likes it. He went on Friday for a half day and said that he loved it! He even got up on Saturday morning and made up his bed and picked out his clothes and got dressed without being told to. He was kind of bummed when I told him that he didn't go back until Monday. Jay and I took him to McDonalds for breakfast and then took him to school. He meet his teachers and put his book bag away and was completely happy when his teachers told him that he could bring his blankie to school to sleep with at nap time. He went over and played in the kitchen area and told me that I could leave now.

I picked him up at 12p and he came running to me and hugged me. I was tickled so much I shed a tear. He said he meet a new friend. The boy in the red shirt. We still don't know his name. And they got to play outside. One of the little girls in the class was having a birthday so they had a little party too. He was all hyped up on sugar!!! His teachers names are Ms. Tia and Ms. Paula.

I am still not so sure about it. And if the ladies who run the program call and say that he is transferred then I will be sure to move him. He has only been there for two days so he isn't attached yet.

I'll let you know what happens today

Orientation

Today was orientation at Small World. I am not impressed!!! AT ALL!!! Everyone knows that I am not too excited about Landon starting school this year. My baby isn't supossed to be this old this quickly. Small World was our 2nd pick for places. Our first is Tommy's Rd. This is were Kylie attended More at Four and we love the teachers there. They know all of us and we couldn't ask for a better set of More at Four teachers. In fact they even told us that they were disappointed that he wasn't in the class but to put his name on the waiting list and if anyone dropped out then maybe we could get him in. So that's what we did.
Today I went to Small World and fill out all his paperwork and met his teachers. The classroom was so small and there weren't any decorations on the wall. No alphabet with pictures representing what the world was, no sign for kids telling them that this was the bathroom, no little sunshines (or what) with the kids names on them. The cubbies weren't even labeled. It just seems to me that if you have a class that is starting the next day that your classroom needs to be ready for parents to see!
So I told the Tommy's Rd teachers about this and apparently they have an opening. (But they can't really tell me that) So I have called, Shelia has called, and now Mrs. Reid is calling bugging these people to try to get Landon transferred to their class.
My question is what does it take to transfer a student?! We want him there, they have an opening, he is on the list to get transferred...transfer him!!! We handle all the paperwork anyways!
I will keep you posted on what goes down.

Landon's First Days of School

I've decided to record Landon's first few days of school. He will be attending Small World this year. Last year he went to Protestant Preschool (PP&K) and fell in love with his teacher, Mrs. Brown. She is truely a blessing b/c within the first week he felt completely comfortable going in and playing. By the end of the year he didn't want to leave and has spent all summer asking when he gets to go back to Mrs. Brown's school. We have been trying to explain that he probaly wouldn't be going back to Mrs. Brown's school that he would be going to a different school. We signed him up for Protestant Preschool just in case the public school 4 year old program feel through the budget this year. Once he was assigned to Small World I started driving by the school pointing out that that was his new school. He didn't like it. He wanted to go to Mrs. Brown's school. I'm beginning to think that this wasn't such a good idea. I love that the public school program doesn't cost us a dime (and that's a big plus) but they go all day from 815-215. And it's 5 days a week. At PP&K he would have gone for 4 days from 9-12p. I still feel that all day every day is a bit much at 4 years old. Jay pointed out that this program is not mandatory and if I didn't think he needed to go on Fridays or Mondays that I didn't have to send him.

Tax-free weekend came up and we all went shopping as a family. Jay even went and was so cute picking out matching outfits for the boys. Landon picked out a book bag with Cars on it. He picked out his folders with Cars on them too. He even helped picking out some clothes. He picked out his pencil box and some pencils to go in it and a pack of crayons. The book bag is just about bigger than he is. He is now getting into the mood of going back to school. Now I'm worried...

I'm worried that I won't like his teacher the way that we love Mrs. Brown! She is really a blessing to both Landon and myself! She helped us both transition into the school ages so nicely! I felt completely comfortable leaving Landon in her care and the schools care. I love PP&K. All the teachers were so nice and it seemed like they knew every kids name even ones that aren't in their class. It was really a great experience for our first year in a school.

Look for more post coming soon. I will be posting every day for the first few weeks of his new school year. School starts on Aug 28th.