First Day of "Cool"

On Tuesday morning David went for his first day at the Childtime Learning Center. Since Gary & I were off of work, we let him wake up on his own (7:30), gave him some breakfast, then headed over around 8:30. We told him he was going to "school" which he repeated as "cool" while we were in the car. As soon as we walked in the teachers (Miss Sue and Miss Susan) greeted him and welcomed him to the class. About 6 other kiddos were sitting around the "mini table" (so cute) having their morning snack -- graham crackers and orange juice. David marched right in and started exploring all the new toys. Within about 3 minutes he was in the back corner of the classroom "working something out," and for those of you who have seen this in person, you know exactly what I'm talking about and how loud and embarrasing it is! Guess he was feeling pretty comfortable with the place! Gary & I headed out a few minutes later and he didn't even seem to notice. His first day "report card" said that he was "offered" blueberry bread for a snack and ham pasta & peas for lunch (apparently he declined... no surprises there) so only had a few peaches to eat all day. He napped from 12 - 1:20 and I came and picked him up at 3:30. When I arrived they were playing outside and, aside from pointing at me and saying, "Mommy," David continued about his playing as if I wasn't even there! Overall, a great first day!

Today we took him in around 9:00 because we didn't have to be at work until 12:00. Again he walked right into the room and began playing with no concern about Gary & I leaving. According to his "chart" today, he was offered (and, again, apparently DECLINED!) beef stroganoff and carrots for lunch (but did eat all the pears - no surprise there, either), had some saltine crackers around 2:00 and graham crackers around 4:00. He only napped for about 30 minutes so it was no surprise when I picked him up at 5:00 that he was pretty wore out. We came home, he immediately went to the DVD player and started repeating "Me-mo, Me-mo, Me-mo, Me-mo" (Finding Nemo is his new favorite movie), we had dinner together just the two of us (Gary is in 29 Palms tonight), followed by a messy helping of "Gee-Go" (Go Gurt), a bath, and he was down for the count after two books at about 7:40!

Watching "Me-mo".... and eating "Gee Go"!

Tomorrow is going to be his first "full" day, including, I'm sure, me having to wake him up (Mr. Sleepy Head), so keep your fingers crossed! I'm also waiting to see how many days he decides to "decline" food before he realizes that's all he's getting!