First Day of Preschool

Photos and Video: September 4, 2008

Finally!!! Here we go on the big adventure of school. Jonas started his first year of preschool at the Kidz Center School. We are very excited about Jonas going to a Christian preschool and it's even better that it is a Four Square Church (like ours) and we know the pastors there pretty well. Jonas is very excited to go. He would be even more excited if the school bus would pick him up but he says he'll just pretend that our truck is the school bus. Thank goodness for a fantastic imagination.

We weren't sure how Jonas would do with being left at school even though it's only 3 1/2 hours, two days a week. Two weeks before the year started we went to the Open House night to see his classroom and meet his teacher and (in theory) aleviate any fears he had about school. When we pulled up in front of the school, where he had never been before and had no idea where to go, he said happily: "Thanks for dropping me off at school, mom and dad. See you later!!!" He was fully prepared to just cross the street and find his school and class all by himself. He was actually quite disgruntled that we would not leave. "Ok. You can go now mom. MOM! You're supposed to leave!" He was absolutely crushed when it was time to go home. Over the next two weeks leading up to the first day Jonas reminded us frequently that "You will take me to school and then you leave, okay mom?" Very insistant upon finally gaining some independance.



Jonas is lucky to have a friend from church, Mani, in his class. She's a very sweet girl and we love that they are in the same class this year.
When I picked Jonas up from school that day, his teacher, Miss Donna, said that he got a little upset when he realized that he had to leave his pencil box and supplies at school. He actually started tearing up talking about it as we drove away.

"She said we haveta leave our lunch boxes at school, mom."
"Ya, it's a pencil box."
"Right. Pencil box. We haveta leave our pencil boxes at school." (sniff, sniff)

A fascinating interview before school.