Mayor of Preschool....

Today, a new friend came to check out the preschool class.

Alexander walked up to the new friend first to introduce himself. He came right up and said "I'm Alexander" and then asked the new friend if he could give them a hug. (His teachers said this was super cute.)

He then proceeded to give a tour of the class to the new friend..."this is home living where we do dress up, this is the block area, this is painting area"... he was very thorough about where things are in the classroom.

The mother of the new friend has called Alexander the mayor of Preschool and said "I think we're going to like it here"

First Week of Preschool...

Alexander's first week of preschool was a success! No major issues or situations to speak of either!

Miss Lindsay said he was very good at helping clean up toys as well as listening to instructions. She did say there was one small incident where Alexander pushed a friend but he was strongly provoked. Alexander was trying to put away trains and the friend came over and would take them out, so Alexander put them back away. This continued back & forth for a bit until finally Alexander pushed his friend.

However, despite the little pushing incident, things went very well. He even napped each day - which actually might be the cause of such early rising, but we'll see.

New Chapter: Preschool...

Tomorrow Alexander starts in Preschool. I can't believe my little baby is quickly turning into a big boy. Where has the time gone!?

It should be a fairly easy transition for him...for Mom not so much. I don't think they fill out daily sheets in Preschool so I'll start to loose that daily info but I'll adjust. He already knows his teachers, Miss Jenn & Miss Lindsay, so I imagine it will be fine. Plus, Jenn is very helpful in providing me with information, etc. You can tell she likes doing what she's doing and is still excited about being around the kids. That's nice to see.

Besides daily sheets, there are a few more differences in that they teach him to do more things on his own like pouring his own drink, etc. They don't have a fridge so he won't have milk as his primary drink anymore like he did before - they all have water.

I originally thought he had to be potty trained before going over but Miss Lori told me that's not the case so that's one less thing to worry about. Plus, I think it will be beneficial for Alexander to see the other boys using pull-ups.

My only other question that I've developed over the past few days is if they still do nap time (because Alexander definitely still needs a nap). I thought I had another one but I've forgotten it...hopefully if I did have one, I remember it tomorrow morning.

Let's hope for an easy transition for all!