Ethan Starts Preschool!

Seriously, where does the time go? It seems that just yesterday Sean and I were preparing to drop Gracie off for her first day of preschool! Now, our baby boy is embarking on this same new and exciting journey. Ethan started in the 4-year-old preschool class this past Monday. This first day was considered a "short visit" and gave the kids (and parents!) a chance to ease into the preschool experience. Sean and I took Ethan from center to center and explored the classroom with him. Parents were then asked to leave while Mrs. Handy and Mrs. Matics had story time with the students. Ethan didn't want us to leave the room at first, but once we did, he was okay.


I was much more nervous for how Wednesday, his first "real" day, would go. Ethan didn't seem nervous necessarily, but he did ask a few questions as we walked him inside. He asked if we were dropping him off and leaving the building... We told him that we were, but that we weren't going to be far and that I would be back in a few short hours to pick him up. He wanted to know if I would be waiting outside the classroom, standing "against the wall", when it was time to leave. I promised him that I would be there. Once I did pick him up, and he saw that I was standing where I promised, he wanted to know if I had been there the whole time. :) Again, I just assured him that I never went far.


Sean and I were pleased to hear that he is excited to go back again and that he did have fun! It's amazing that now both of our children are in school. This seemed like some far away thing when they were babies, then we blinked, and here we are. It's exciting, fun, and heartbreaking all at the same time.


I thought he looked like such a big boy, until I watched him walk into the building. Suddenly, he seemed so small and I wanted to rush over and grab him and hold him, maybe even tell him we could do this whole "preschool" thing another year. But then I had to remind my mommy heart that, yes, this is a big change (a change that's harder on me, I am sure), but it is also so, so good. As his mother, who adores him, I am responsible for setting him up for future success, and it starts now. This new experience will put him on a path toward learning and new friendships and a little bit of that independence that he will need to thrive. Hard, but good. Excruciating, but important. 


Mrs. Handy supports learning through building. We are going to be just fine.


And he gets to Leap into Learning God's Word. How cool is that? 

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