J.J.'s First Day of Pre-K, or How I Learned to Use My Time Wisely

Today was J.J.'s first day of Pre-K.  He is officially going to elementary school.

SNIFF!!!

He had lots of fun and, even though ZERO previous friends are in his class (they are ALL in the other a.m. class), he met a new friend, Lucy.  She was sitting across the table from him when he arrived this morning.  I tried to explain to her that her name was special, because it's from his favorite book (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), but she was not impressed.  In fact, she looked at me as though she was about to cry...which was altogether possible based on the hysterical boy at the next table.

But she must have warmed up when we left, because it was the first thing he said when he got in the car: "Mom!  I met a new friend!  Her name is Lucy!"

Good for you, buddy!

So, while the boy was enjoying his two-and-a-half-hour school day--

Yes, that's right.  2.5 hours.  This is apparently considered "half-day". Um...okay.  Show of hands...who's day is only 5 hours long?  But I digress....

Anyway, while he was at school, Hadley and I took Daddy to work, cleaned out the car at the Boomerang Car Wash (Free vacuums?  Best idea ever!  Yes, I will gladly pay you NINE DOLLARS for a medium-rate carwash because I use your vacuums way more frequently than I wash my car!), bought $45 worth of groceries at Homeland for only $23, took them back to our house, got gas and then headed back to pick up little mister.

Apparently, I underestimated just how much time two and a half hours is.  We got back to the school and I looked at the clock and realized I had about 30 minutes before he was done!  So little miss and I headed to a little antique store to bide our time before joining the line of retrieval.

(I originally said "line to pick up", but the preposition was yelling at me to throw him a rope so he wouldn't be dangling.)

I was still #2 in line.  I HIGHLY doubt that will ever happen again.

Let me tell you.  Picking that kiddo up was awesome!  I love my alone time, but it was so much fun to see him be so excited to be in "big-kid" school!  As they walked from their classroom to the pick-up area, he waved so proudly!  Agh!  He's adorable!

It's still hard for me to believe that he's in school every day now.  I think it may take awhile to sink in...like when he's gone ALL DAY.  But that won't be until next year, so maybe I'll be okay this year!