First Day of “School”

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 | Anna

Okay, so it’s really not Anna’s first day of actual school, but it’s a school-like activity…

Today was Anna’s first day of pre-pre-school! This summer I signed her up for a class called “Two Times the Fun” for 2-3 year olds. Anna attends on Wednesdays for an hour and the class description clearly states, “Parents do not attend”. Whohoo!

It’s a pre-school prep class where the kids get used to being in a classroom with teachers and do things like art and singing. I couldn’t resist telling Anna that she was going to school and she was really excited – she insisted on wearing her little backpack that came with her doll. We packed some snack and a sippy cup of water in the backpack; she wanted to pack crayons and balls in there but I told her that they would have those at school.

As excited as she was Anna was good enough to sit for a picture or two:

First day of "school"

And just so I could get a picture of the girl with the backpack, here’s the side view:

Anna with Backpack

When I took her to the class room the teacher asked if this was Anna’s first class and then said, “Is she going to be okay?” But Anna was already running into the classroom without even a goodbye to me! All that going to the drop off day care place has really paid off! Anna distinctly said this morning as we were talking about school, “I’ll not cry.” Okay by me!

The class is only an hour, so I headed to the grocery store with Henry (who decided aisles 4-16 were a really good time to do some crying). When I came to pick her up the teacher told me that Anna did very well, but never took the backpack off… Oh well!

And on our fridge is the result of today’s class:

The Artiste at Work...

Note the artistic finger strokes! The bold choice of color! I think we have another Gauguin on our hands! Not that I am at all biased…

4 Comments to First Day of “School”

tori
June 10, 2010

Sounds like a great experience for Anna, and anything that gives you a little more time to yourself or for running errands with half the “helpers” is a good thing, too. I love that she said “I’ll not cry.”