I'm not 100% thrilled with Rylan's teacher this year (Ms. Sue) as she is not very academic and I don't believe she will do enough to prepare Rylan for kindergarten. We are not sure if we are sending Rylan to kindergarten next year or not since the majority of people around here hold back summer birthdays. However, I'd still like to assume at this point that Rylan is going. I spoke with the preschool directors last spring and was assured Rylan would be with a different teacher than he got - one that I felt would prepare him. Rylan has a completely different set of teachers than Carter. I have loved all of Carter's teachers and not really liked any of Rylan's. I have a feeling that #3 will be going to a different preschool!
Anyway, Rylan's best buddy from his first year at the school (Radnor) is in his class. There is one other boy and four girls from that class in there with him. Somehow, none of the kids from Rylan's class last year are with him this year. His best buddy from last year (Luke) was supposed to be in that class but his mom switched to another preschool because of the lack of academics :)
On Tuesday morning when I reminded Rylan that he got to go to school, he immediately started crying and saying that he didn't want to go. Rylan has never actually cried at school or not wanted to go in once we are there, but he would tell me often enough that he didn't want to go. But this was the first time with tears at any time. I think Rylan had gotten used to hanging out with me while Carter was at school and was really enjoying his alone time.
Luckily as we got ready that morning, Rylan started acting more excited. He was super happy to take some "First Day of School" photos!
We take Carter to school first (he has to be there between 8:20 and 8:35) and then drive over to Rylan's school for the 9 am start time. It's been too hot for this pregnant lady to walk Carter to school lately (there is a descent hill and I end up pushing Rylan in the stroller because he won't walk that far) - I'm so over being hot and sweaty all the time! So we've been driving to where the walkers meet us in the afternoon (on the edge of the school property), parking, and walking to the building. Anyway, this leaves Rylan and I with some extra time to kill when we get to school.
On Tuesday Rylan was happy to pose for another picture outside of school :)
We went into the school and had to wait about 15 minutes before the doors to the preschool wing were opened. But we got to catch up with lots of friends we hadn't seen all summer! Radnor and Rylan found one another right away and started comparing their "All About Me" posters we had to do before school started.
Rylan did a great job writing his name and age all by himself. He didn't copy anything. And even though the N and 4 are backwards, this is great for him.
Here are the answers to Rylan's questions:
"Someday, I want to be ..." a policeman.
"I am really good at ..." building Legos.
"I would like to visit ..." Grandma.
"My favorite things are ..." Ninja Turtles and baseball.
Radnor also answered Ninja Turtles for one of his favorite things :)
When the preschool doors opened, Rylan walked right in and walked right into his classroom. He started exploring the toys and was content. Rylan and Radnor fell into old habits and dressed up right away (see the second picture in this post).
These boys barely notice Cher and I leave.
When I picked Rylan up Tuesday afternoon, he was really happy. He told me had fun and liked his teacher. The thing he was the most impressed with is that he now gets to go outside two times each day!
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