Jeds first day at school

Now that I am back to working (from home), I feel bad that Jed is left there to play by himself. So we made the hard decision to put him in a school environment instead of hiring a nanny. On days where I'm not working, I'll pick him up early... I miss him already!

A month on at school....

I would say it took Shane about 2-3 weeks to get used to the idea of going to school.

This week is week 6 since we started school, and he's been really good about it. Our routine now comprises of him waking me up, eating a small breakfast, driving him to school, walking him in, taking off his coat, giving him a hug, saying bye-bye, and off he runs off to do whatever the other kids are doing.

His favourite part about school is the food (duh...).

Our typical after school conversation goes...

M: Shane, what did you do at school today?
S: Eat Chicken Nuggets
M: Only eat chicken nuggets?
S: Go playground
M: Did you do anything else?
S: Sing Spider song
M: Any other song?
S: Row Row, E-I-E-O
M: So what else did you do?
S: Eat Chicken Nuggets
M: Again????
S: Ya

It's been the same conversation for the last 2 weeks. I'm sure he did something else according to his reports... but those were his favourite I guess!!

First Day at School

November 2 marks the first time taking Shane to school. First time for us parents, and first time for the little boy. It's such a big step from having him at home with me all the time. He cried, and so did I.

He was all smiles stepping out of the house. He carried his back pack, bottle and snacks, walked happily to the car (perhaps thinking we were going on a road trip). Papa Z came along for his first day at school too. On the way, we psyched him up... but that didn't quite work out once we stepped into the building.

When I picked him up after school, Shane wasn't crying anymore, but he completely lost his voice. He must have been crying for a long long time. My poor baby... The coming days and weeks will be better.