Today was Jordan's first day of preschool, summer session at
St. Mark Lutheran Preschool in Encinitas. He was so excited to be there to see Ms. Molly and make new friends. A few of his classmates came from his old preschool, so it was nice to see some familiar faces.
His teacher, Ms. Molly, came to visit Jordan at home last week to get to know him a little. Jordan just bonded with her right away, took her upstairs to show off his big boy room and his book collection. He sat on the rocking chair and read a book to her - The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
We had spent the last couple of weeks preparing Jordan for the big boy school, just by talking about it and pointing it out when we drive by. He calls it the "school with the water table". I asked him what he wanted to pack for lunch for his first day, and he says "mac and cheese and spinach and brocolli". As I was packing his lunch box this morning, already I started feeling a little twinge of sadness thinking my little boy has grown up so fast.
In his lunchbox I packed a small bowl of mac & cheese & spinach, a turkey & cheese sandwich on whole grain bread w/ the crust trimmed off, a cup of applesauce, a small box of raisins and a sippy cup of diluted juice. Did I go overboard? Jordan also brought his new scuba diver's fish card and a little fish penholder he got from my friend Gustavo who just returned from scuba diving in Honduras...The penholder made it all the way to the school parking lot, where it fell and "broke into bits", as Jordan would say. Not the best start to our first day at school but things got better from there.
This was the first time that we left Jordan on his own, so I was a little worried about how he would handle the separation. As John and I were leaving, Jordan said goodbye to us and gave us a hug and even had a smile on his face. Everything seemed to go well, but I cried in the car all the way home! I think I'm the one suffering from separation anxiety!
