#245 - First Day of School - PRE-K

After an entire summer of apprehension, Owen began warming up to the idea of school.  Going to the school's New Family Picnic and then Meet-Your-Teacher day finally got him a little excited about Pre-Kindergarten.   I think the abundance of arts and crafts, the water table and the sand table is was got him!  Plus, he has an incredibly sweet teacher, Mrs. Brooke, who welcomed him with big hugs and smiles.  

Here are two pictures from the Meet-Your-Teacher day.

All of the Pre-K kids are given a canvas tote bag to use throughout the school year as their bookbag.  Thankfully, one of my friends let me know that most of the families decorate the bag (I'm glad Owen didn't show up on the first day as the only kid with a plain bag), so we headed to Joanns to get some fun badges for Owen's bag.  Owen picked out each badge - the shark, the fish, the crab, the turtle and the football are his five favorite things.  :-)

We used green paint to paint on two shamrocks (for Blessed Sacrament School Shamrocks) and then did two of Owen's handprints on the back of the bag.

Not too bad for us!

On the first day of school, Owen woke up excited to see what all the fuss was about.  We let him pick out his outfit, and he chose the shirt that Abuela Isa had bought for him for his birthday.  We took a quick picture before leaving.....

And, then, off to school!

The Pre-K classrooms are in the old rectory next to the school.  He's in the larger classroom, the one with 17 children and two teachers - Mrs. Brooke and Mrs. Kelly.  Here he is, standing proudly in front of his classroom:

He walked in, hung up his book bag, then marched into the classroom.  We barely even got a good-bye from him!  We did get him to turn around and take a picture with Mrs. Brooke, and then he was off!

The first week of school was all half-days.  Lou and I were there to meet him when class was over.  The kids came walking out of the classroom very orderly, and then, there was Owen.  Before either he or the teacher saw us, she bent down to give him a hug, and I snapped this picture.  It just melted my heart to see our little boy get loved on at school.  We are so grateful that he's at Blessed Sacrament School.

Here's to a wonderful year of firsts.... we are so proud of our big boy!