First Day of Preschool

Look out pre-k, here comes Mills.  We're on our way to TCA!

All new routine this morning.  I've never had to fix Mills breakfast for Mills during the week.  That was just one of many of Mimi's perks.  This morning I woke extra early just so that I could make sure we would not be late.  I showered, preheated our oven for breakfast and managed to get our little guy up and out of bed, happy as a little lark.  A successful open house at school made things much easier for me, but I was still anxious.

For breakfast, Mills requested cinnamon rolls.  A-ha!  Something easy as pie!

 

Then we posed for a few first day of preschool pics

The kids were instructed to bring a "bear" or animal to school on the first day.  Mills chose his Velveteen Rabbit.

 

A lot of parents chose to walk their children in on the first day, I however, did not.  Mills doesn't "work" that way.  I was afraid of creating a bad habit on the first day of school, so I braved up and let them come and get him out of the car.  I encouraged him and he smiled, so I knew everything would be okay.  If I make too big of a deal out of something, it always ends up back-firing on me, and my intuition played in my favor.  He was such a big boy.  Yes, he was a little nervous, but went right in.  Believe it or not, I didn't even cry.  I think his smile kept my tears from flowing.  Go Mills! Go Mama!

He had a great first day!  When I picked him up at 12:00, he was telling me all about everything they had done with excitement.  I was thrilled.