Preschool

 I can not believe that last week, on Tuesday, was Ryan's first official day of preschool.  Some of the things he will be learning will not be completely new.  We've been practicing phonemic awareness, letter recognition and writing this summer.  We've also been working on recognizing and writing his name.  But we told him all about how he would learn his letters and to write them.

At his daycare, where "preschool" will be incorporated into his regular day, they have been preparing the kids too by taking them to the room and talking to them about their new big room and introducing them to their new teachers.

He was so stinkin' excited.  We got him all spiffed up in some "new" clothes (thank you Karrie Rooley), and he packed some extra underwear and pants in his backpack, along with some crayons and paper (just because he wanted to, not because he needed them.) He smelled a lot like a blueberry, thanks to his new Blueberry "Cars" shampoo. 

And then he posed nicely for a pre-preschool photo session.
Then I took him to daycare.  He ran into his sparkling new big boy room with eyes as big as saucers.  He didn't even wave goodbye.

At the end of the day, when I finally got to see him, I asked him, "What did you learn at preschool?"

He shrugged and said, "Nufthin," and went back to watching Diego on the iPad.

WHAT.

I asked him again. "What did you DO at preschool?"

He shrugged again and said in a bored sort of way, "Sang a song."

Is this the start of the bored, pulling-teeth responses about school? I thought I had some more time before that started!