Last week, Billy finally got to start preschool. He went back to the same preschool he attended last year. For three long weeks after Ricky went back to school, he would sadly ask, “Momma, do I get to go to school today?”
When we visited for the open house a couple of weeks ago, Billy proudly showed Rusty the ropes and what he’ll get to do when he goes there. Billy was READY for school!
There were no tears. There was no hesitancy. I had to chase him down because he jumped out of the car so fast and was headed for the door. I got there in time for him to breeze past his teacher, put his bag on his hook, and get right to work on his first activity of the morning. Did I mention Billy was ready for school?
Did I neglect to mention that I made a mistake? These photos weren’t actually taken on his first day of school. His school started on Thursday. I misread or assumed that it would start on Tuesday. We were at his preschool and very confused at the locked door, lack of other kids, and missing teacher. Billy was bummed for about 10 minutes and then I let him play the DS. I felt awful (and a little embarrassed). He got over it. He was just all the more ready on Thursday!