Wednesday, September 30, 2009

First Day of "School"


Sam started preschool today. I have to work from 6PM to 6AM on Tuesdays right now and so we enrolled Sam in a preschool/daycare on Wednesday mornings. Today was his first day. Daniel took him on his way to work this morning. He has been so excited for this.

We toured several places and picked this school because it has a bowl of crackers at the front door. Sam was very impressed by this. I was impressed because it was clean, organized, well supervised and most importantly, clean.

Daniel said that when he left Sam was in dinosaur heaven.

The other night at dinner we were having a delicious pork chop dish with rice and mushrooms. Daniel picked up his fork and Sam yelled, "Look out Dad! That has mushrooms in it!"
He's not very picky, but he can't stand mushrooms. He can always tell if I've put mushrooms in something and he will not eat them.

Brag Item: Sam can add and subtract.
In the car the other day he asked me if I wanted to play a number game. I asked him what that was. He said, "You know. When you say if you have 3 apples and I take one away, how many apples are left?"
I've never played this with him and neither has Daniel. Maybe all that Playhouse Disney is finally paying off. He can add and subtract (all in his head) through number five. He did not get this from me.
They're probably going to have to move him to the 8 year-old classroom at "school".

6 comments:

Maria said...

Hooray! Jenna posted! :) It was fun to hang out the other day. We should do it again soon!

Sheila and Mario said...

With all those big letters we thought you were REALLY excited he was starting school:)

How fun for Sam to start school! It looks like a great classroom and it will nice for you to get a little rest after your shift.

So after this like weekend in Oceanside with Israel and Melissa, we were thinking we should all meet up somewhere in the spring. Maybe Zion National Park? Are you guys game?

Receli said...

I love that he can add and subtract... but really the funny part is that it is "cool" and "fun". Way to inspire intellectualism on accident! :)

Allison said...

So cute! I'm sure he will love preschool! I still laugh so hard about the mushrooms. I was driving home the other day and thought about it and started laughing out loud. Can't wait to see you in person!!!

Paul said...

Thankfully, those were not "crackers with mushrooms" at the front door of the school. Then it wouldn't matter HOW clean it was, it would be a non-starter.

High-fives to Sam for being "big"!

cassi said...

Hello! What a smartie pants! Already doing math!

I bet he loves his little preschool!