Today was Connor's very first day of preschool-and marks the end of his in-home therapy-as they will cover speech and OT during his school day.I packed his Lightning McQueen Car backpack last night-which he wore around all evening and this morning. Above, Tom got a picture of him before leaving on his first school adventure.
Tom took the day off and took Connor to preschool in the morning. His transportation is not set yet, so once that begins, he will ride the bus.
One of my favorite pictures (thanks, T!)- I love this little face. I cannot believe he is starting school at this tender age, but we are so, so grateful that he will have this opportunity to continue to blossom.
Connor with his teacher....who reported a rough start after Daddy drove off, but he settled down. He wanted to be picked up several times, but they encouraged him to walk in the line with the rest of the kids and by the end of the day, he was walking with the class. She also said that in asking him if he wanted to have snack or play a game, he would always respond, "No, thank you." But, he actually did participate and the aide said that although he was the youngest, he was the best behaved. I picked him up after school and we stopped at Chik-Fil-A for lunch (Connor ate fruit and chocolate milk) and returned him to daycare with Ian. Back to school tomorrow, but we have to do some fancy scheduling until the bus gets him in the system.
Once busing is in place, Ian and Connor will attend a company-run daycare close to home-they can bus C back and forth - and Ian will get more school-based structure. We also have to look at registering Ian for kindergarten in just another two weeks.
It is amazing to see how quickly a few years go by. Whoosh!
Off to help get children to bed........
6 comments:
This was a really big day, and it sounds as if it went well. What wonderful pictures you have to remember it by! Congratulations, Connor! And congratulations mom and pop!
This brought back a rush of memories for me of Maya's very first day of school in September of 2007! My son came down and waited with Mandy, Maya and me for the van to arrive and all three of us helped to get her on board, buckled in, hugs, kisses all around. Somehow we managed to do it without any tears -from her or from us. But as the van pulled away, all three of us walked into the house with tears streaming down our cheeks!
But wow, was it ever worth it to get her in that program! You know, from reading my blog, things I have told you about how far she has come in those past 16 months. And now, come April, Kurtis will be eligible to go to school too. Don't know if he will go then or in September but I'm looking forward to seeing how much it changes him, helps him, guides him on his way. And you will see so many great changes coming to Connor now too. What a blessing that these programs exist!
Oh, what a cutie! Glad it went well after the brief rough start. What a little gentleman you've raised! I hope it goes well with the busing. Hang in there!
Yeah for Connor!! What a cutie- he looks sooooo mature with his backpack. Loved all the pictures. Here's to a great new adventure for him :)
How exciting for Connor.
Oh my gosh - he is so freaking cute!! Terri is right - he looks like such a big boy with his backpack. How exciting for him and what a sweet kid - I love how polite he is! You two are amazing parents.
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