Felix's First Day of School

Felix has started school!

Felix was admitted into our top choice for preschool two weeks ago after a long, long wait on the waiting list. Today was his first day and this is how it went. Felix and I got up early and spent a wonderful morning together until it was time to change out of his pj's and get ready for school. Luckily, Daddy arrived back from work just in time to get the ball rolling and get us out the door on time. We were welcomed at the school by his teacher and lots of other eager kids with reluctant parents (there were a few with reversed adjectives). He took off his shoes and donned his rubber boots and we proceeded to the playground to 'check in', a term which he is required to say to the volunteer with the clipboard each morning but which he was unwilling to voice today. Once in the playground my little Seattleite, who always refuses his coat, was told he had to bring a coat each day and if he didn't want to wear it he could hang it on the bridge (picture below). He soon found his comfort zone (picture below) and forgot about his hovering parents. After the flag raising (complete with salute and song - oh, by the way, a moment of pure kindred spirit occurred during the flag salute when I, as is usually my custom, omitted the words "under God" and the woman next to me said, "I do that too!" - Oh, I am so going to love this Montessori community) the kids changed back out of their boots and went into the classroom while the parents gathered down the street at a park for a coffee social. When I picked Felix up he was ready to go home and asked me if I missed him. He said he missed me too and was hungry for lunch. He said they had ELEPHANTS! at the school (not to confuse you, they do have goats, lizards, and an alpaca but the elephants were miniaturized toys).


Side note: Felix and I were visiting a neighbor (a couple roughly the same age as Dana and I with no kids and two spoiled dogs) when Felix shyly asked if the woman could make a sun. It took him so long to finally say it out loud and then we were so confused as to what he meant. She and I spent a few minutes unsuccessfully attempting to gesture a sunshine much to his disappointment. He motioned in front of himself with his hands but we just couldn't figure it out. Finally, he said, "No, one that will turn into a boy." Guess he was looking for a playmate. Out of the mouths of babes...