First Days!

Tuesday was Zachary's first day of preschool!  It was an exciting day for all - Mommy had been warned that she would get teary-eyed, but in truth, she was just excited for him!  He was so excited about the whole process, and really loved the school.  The program is through Circle Christian School, which is a school dedicated for homeschoolers - and they started a pre-school program on Tuesday mornings.  It was perfect, because we didn't really want to put him in a program for every day. 

There are 5 BOYS in his class - no girls at all.  It is a small class as you can see, and amazing that there are only boys.  With such a small class, there should be lots of individual attention, for sure.  He is taking 5 classes in all - starting with a sports class, art class, Florida A-Z, and a bug/weather class.  He ends the day with a Kids at Play program that finishes up at 3:00.

This is the first time of course that we've ever had to send him anywhere with a lunch box (typically to Jennifer's we just pack bowls of food and throw in yogurt).  This was momentous -  not knowing how much to send was the real trick.  So, we sent a thermos of mac 'n' cheese with big frank slices, a large container of carrot sticks with dip, a cheese stick, a yogurt stick, and a container of apple sauce.    The child ended up eating it ALL!  He's never eaten that many carrots in his whole life, but apparently he was hungry!

Kaleb also had a first this week when we enrolled him in the gymnastic class that Zachary was in last year.  He seemed to be quite thrilled with it as well, and told us all about the things that he did.  Zachary would ask him if he had done certain things, so Zachary still remembered the names, such as the "sloth hang" from the bars!  It'll be fun when parent-watch week comes so that we can go see Kaleb show off his new "moves!"

Not a gymnastics picture YET, but a cute moment while he was reading stories in Zachary's room, swinging his legs

Phrase of the week:  "Mommy, when do I get to go to school EVERY day?"  Hopefully the fun of going to school lasts!  "Mommy, I'm going to nim-nascxix!"  Gymnastics is a real tongue-twister!