Nate's 1st Day

Nate started pre-school last Thursday the 4th at Holy Spirit School. No, he is not wearing a little Catholic school-boy uniform yet...that will be next year for kindergarten! So far, we are really pleased with the school and have heard great things about it. It is a 5 day-a-week program, from 8-12. Quite a change from last year, when he just went 2 days/week. We are hoping Nate really likes the new schedule though, since lately it seems as though he’s a little bored and really thrives being around other kids.

Nate has 15 other kids in his class, and 2 awesome teachers: Miss Thompson & Miss P. There are 10 girls and 6 boys total, so we are confident Nate will have a new girlfriend in no time (though we are still missing our sweet Mal Mal desperately)!!

He was SUPER grumpy when I picked him up from his first day (very overstimulated & tired I guess...ready to come home & nap!)...but had a good day. The teachers remarked that he is “very sweet” and “a rule-follower.” Um, yes, that about sums him up perfectly! He said he made one friend, Amare, who was very shy and would only talk to Nate. He didn’t like his lunch bread and said “Daddy needs to take it back to the store.” Other than that, the only other tidbits I was able to pull out of him was that he had fun playing legos, going on the playground, and doing circle time on the carpet squares. Sounds like a good first day to me!

Update: Today (Monday the 8th) Nate got to see the classroom pets – Bugsy & Percy the guinea pigs! Quite a new experience for him since we are not big pet people :) He told me not to put my fingers in the cage b/c they look like carrots & guinea pigs chomp on carrots. Also, this afternoon, he told me he has a new rule: "You can talk to me on the way to school but not on the way home." Bossy much!? I guess I am asking too many questions these days.