The Lee Family: First Day of 4-Year Old Preschool!

Thursday, September 3, 2015

First Day of 4-Year Old Preschool!

Olivia had her first day of 4-year old preschool at Noah's Ark on Tuesday morning. Olivia and I took Sofia to school and returned to the house where she played with her My Little Pony figures while still in her pajamas. After awhile, I made her a cheese omelet and got her dressed and told her it was time for school. She immediately started saying "NOOOOOO" sadly. She didn't enjoy her previous preschool year at Spanish Schoolhouse, unfortunately. So, I explained to her it was a new school and her friend Hannah would be there. I also told her it would all be in English and there wouldn't be any Spanish songs or having to learn everything in Spanish. As much as we wish she loved learning another language, it clearly wasn't her spot. She seemed to like that explanation and we headed to the car with her backpack and lunch box. Of course, we first went out front for a few "first day of school" pictures!

We arrived at Noah's Ark and headed to Olivia's Owl class and her teachers, Mrs. Michelle and Mrs. Jane. I went to the "Meet the Teacher" night the week before and am really excited by Olivia's teachers and class. Her main teacher, Mrs. Michelle, has a lot of energy and just seems like a happy and fun lady. Nearly all of Olivia's classmates were already getting settled while Olivia put her lunch box and backpack away. After that, she immediately sat down and started coloring on her coloring page. I tried to get her to look up and smile so I could take a picture, but she stayed pretty serious and somber. She wasn't sad though and gave me a hug and kiss.

After school, she was completely passed out on her sleep mat. The kids rest or relax on their sleep mat for the last 30 minutes. She apparently fell fast asleep and was even hard for me to wake up. She put on her backpack and lunch box, said goodbye to her teachers, and we headed to the car. Once she was fully awake, she told me about her day and how there were raccoon tracks throughout the school and they had to look for the raccoon but it disappeared back into the book. It was so cute to see how excited she was too! During the day they made a raccoon mask out of paper and colored a few raccoon pages. It was so sweet. She said that she had fun and played with her friend Hannah, another Hannah and Ava. I realized that Ava is a little girl who she's played with before at the gym child center, so she already knew her too. She really seemed like she had a great day.

She will be going to school Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and seemed to really enjoy her first week! I love that it starts at 9:30am and is only 5 minutes away from our house. Olivia gets to play by herself for a while after we drop Sofia off and then eats a leisurely breakfast before we head to school. Also, as much as I love having a uniform for school, I think Olivia prefers not having a uniform and enjoyed picking out her outfit each morning. It was such a pleasure to drop her off each morning with her looking forward to going and pick her up after school having enjoyed the day! I love that she, Hannah, Ava and Hannah play together too and hope she gets some good little friends! We look forward to seeing how the year goes for her!

First day of 4-year old preschool