"Unofficial" First Day of Preschool

August 30th was Luke's "unofficial" first day of school.  I am calling it "unofficial" since it was just an hour to meet his teacher, see his classroom, and Wally and I were able to stay with him.  However, this was our opportunity to take pictures like crazy if we wanted.  His teacher asked us to do the picture-taking today so the kids are able to get right into their routine on the actual first day on Tuesday.  Plus, Daddy was with us today and won't be on Tuesday so we were able to get a picture with him too!

It was pretty bright out so Luke insisted on wearing his sunglasses!


Thumbs up for school!




 



I told you it was bright!  (And I realized I don't like my screen door & need a cushion for my rocking chair!!!)
 



I tried to get a picture of Luke & Paige, but Luke was over the pics and well, Paige doesn't sit still so off we went!  We dropped Paige off at Punky's and started our journey through the school years with our first-born Lucas!



The class started off with a book read by their teacher Ms. Sandy.  There is also an aide named Ms. Amy, which Luke thinks is hilarious.  There are 12 kids in Luke's class.  7 boys and 5 girls I believe.
 

After the story, it was time to find the little person with their name on it and start decorating!  Luke did his all on his own, which I can already tell wasn't the case for everyone.  As much as I wanted to add a little more color to his, I let him be and make it his own!




He was loving the black marker!




All done!
 

After hanging his person in the hall with Ms. Amy, he got to pick a prize from the treasure chest.


 

Then Luke had a little storytime of his own.
 

We had to take a picture of the cupcakes for Paige!




After some more playing and of course trying out the bathroom in the classroom,  we were ready to say goodbye for now until his official first day on September 4th!


 

We ended Luke's unofficial first day of school with a special lunch with just the 3 of us.

I can't believe my baby is off to school even if it is just 6 hours a week.  This is a major milestone and we are all so excited!  I don't really anticipate drop-off being an issue on Tuesday after seeing how today went, but I suppose you never can predict the mood of your 3-year old on any given day.  I will be sure to update!