Henry was so excited this morning! He liked the hat I found (a blue one) and the mug I found (a blue one) for him to bring to school to keep there. I was glad I had a stash of sunscreen and had already purchased insect repellent patches so those were also ready to go. The hardest part of today was waiting for it to be time to leave for school. The girls go to the bus at 6:40 (that's when we walk down, the bus comes at 6:48) and we didn't need to leave for Blue House until 8:40. So, we got his backpack ready and looked at pictures of the school.
Finally it was time to go and when we made it there he was ready to put his shoes in the shoe cubby and hang his backpack on his hook. The kids spend the first hour or so playing outside in the sand and water, then they go inside for circle time and snack, and then playing inside. Henry spent quite a bit of time playing with helicopters and that led to helicopter research and more helicopter play.
When it was time to pick Henry up, I asked him what was the best part of the day was and he said reading the chameleon book. So, his teacher asked if he'd like to borrow it for the night and he did. You would have thought this kid had entered a candy store and was told to eat whatever he wanted! He gave me a very thorough book review all the way home and kept telling me all about it up the elevator and into the apartment. The book was The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle.
He cannot wait to go back tomorrow!
As for me, I didn't feel anything but happy for him getting to go to such an amazing school--how could I? I also got to go for a run (6k) and read the newspaper. How luxurious! I am not sure if I'll have time to go back up to our house on his short days once we move, so I'm going to try to come up with some good running routes for those days. I'll go up to the house on Mondays & Wednesdays though, probably.
