First Day of Preschool

Cass started preschool today at a Christian church in Concord. He goes Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 to 1:00. It should be really good for him - their curriculum is very focused on religion, as well as academics (learning letters, shapes, etc.). They have "free play" time too, so he will get some socialization. One of his buddies in our neighborhood is in the same class so he already has a friend there!Here is the typical front porch first day of school picture. He looks a little dazed. It is probably because our dogs Norm and Tina got loose when he opened the front door, so they were running like crazy down the street and we were yelling at them to come back home. They did.

Here we are walking into the school. Poor little guy didn't want to walk alone - he wanted to hold Mommy's hand. Check out the cute little Thomas the Train backpack!!

I think he was wondering why Daddy was taking so many pictures. He doesn't yet understand what a monumental event this is. :)

He was fine when we got to the classroom - he went right to the toys and started playing. However, when we told him told him goodbye before leaving he started crying, and we could hear him crying as we walked out of the church. I held it together (barely) - it was hard to leave him, but I just kept reminding myself that the preschool will be really good for him. When we picked him up, the teachers said he only cried for the first 5 minutes, then was fine. Hopefully each day gets a little easier!