Zach's First Day of School

One last entry for today - we wanted to document Zachary's first day of preschool yesterday. He started in the toddler program at Jarrow Montessori School, which is the school Logan has been attending since we moved here to Boulder. Zach was very excited and proud to finally get to go, although we're following a soft-entry program to ease him into it. Yesterday Jason and I stayed with him in his class for an hour and then brought him home, and I did the same today. Tomorrow I will take him, stay for about 20 minutes and then try to leave for 20 minutes or so to see how he does. Then if all goes well I will try a regular dropoff on Friday, but it will probably be a short day again. Eventually Zach will be attending the same hours as Logan, 8:30 - 12:30 every day (they didn't have a three-day-per-week option).

Pictures here include Zach showing off his new backpack, putting his belongings in his cubby, washing his hands in his class (a favorite activity of his), doing some of the works and being taught how to self-serve his snack by his teacher, Angelica. The cutest (to me) part of his first morning was when he was getting his snack - Jason and I were sitting across the room, observing, and Zach looked up to say "look Mommy, I'm having a snack. Do you want a snack?" He proceeded to get up and pull out a neighboring chair for me. It was very sweet and more than a little heartbreaking...he doesn't quite realize yet that this is an adventure he will be embarking on by himself. From previous experience I know he'll be fine, will love going to school and will still be my little sweetheart when we are together, but it's still a little tough to know that this is only the beginning of a long process of letting him go.