Will's First Day of School 2010

I figured since he had a first day of school last year I should differentiate somehow. We had a little last minute change-up for where Will was going to attend Pre-K this year. When did it become Pre-K, by the way? When I was little I thought it was just all preschool until you hit kindergarten. Anyway, we ended up deciding to send him back to the same school he went to last year. He got so excited when I aksed him if he'd want to go back there. We didn't consider it a whole lot last year because it's five days a week, and we worried that would be too much for him. But, he's a smart kid and loves school, so I think it will be fine. Plus in talking to a teacher friend of mine, she thinks it will really help him adjust to kindergarten next year since he'll already be used to going to school every day.

The school has an ice cream social the night before school starts so kids can bring their supplies, see their classroom, meet their teacher, etc. Will and I went, and he was so excited to see his friends Ryan and Jimmy in the classroom. I checked out the names on the cubbies and saw that of the 11 kids in the class, nine of them (not counting Will, obviously) were in his class last year, and they were all nice kids.

Will was so excited for his first day!! We went to Kohl's and picked out a new shirt for him and got him a new backpack. When I picked him up on Wednesday and asked how his first day was, he said, "It was great! I love Pre-K!" I'm really excited for him and for the class. They're working on writing letters, and in the four days he's gone he's really come a long way on writing his name. He could write it over the summer, but now it's a lot neater and more put together. He even had homework over the weekend--a worksheet on writing the letter A. When I picked him up on Friday he told me he had homework and that he needed to do it that afternoon. I don't know where that motivation came from because I'd always wait until Sunday night after dinner to start my homework on the weekend! :)



Will was very excited to find a Mario backpack!!


A rare treat, lunch at McDonald's after school!!