Sam's First Day of "School!"

Well... okay... not SCHOOL-school, as in Kindergarten, but his first day of being with other kids and learning and playing and BEING. We've enrolled him three days a week at the Corning Children's Center. This place is awesome; really interactive. We looked into a couple places, and this one won. After being put on a waiting list for a couple months, we "got the call." He's IN.

Today was his first day! Ron had a really thoughtful idea of bringing the teachers a small vase of roses from our garden, which was very well-received. Some of the things they do are "Circle Time," "Storytime" and "Free Playtime."

We arrived at 7:30 - about 2/3 of the class was there already. Some were eating breakfast, some playing... Sally (name changed) had on a teeshirt that said "Everyone loves a cute blue eyed little girl" - this wouldn't have been so funny if she wasn't bawling and pitching a fit like she was! Sam immediately hit the trucks and blocks and play-stethoscope. Ron and i hung out, observing, for about 30 minutes, then boogied.
Sam cried, but i could tell it would be short-lived. We hit a local diner for breakfast, one we would not hit again (rude waitress).

When i picked Sam up at 4:30, he was next in line to go down the slide. WEEE!! At the bottom, he saw me and yelled:

"DAD-DEEEEEEEEEE!"

Yeah. Thanks Sam.

The gals said he cried a bit at naptime, but managed a 30 min. snooze. Not his usual 2-3 hour ZONK OUT session. He is the youngest in the class. He is also very noticeably the BIGGEST. He is bigger and taller than one of his female 2 and a half year old classmates!

I would say the day was a success. I would also safely say that i can kiss the "every other day or third day" baths goodbye. Sam was very much a boy who had played hard all day.