First Day of School...and Endearing, She Is

Today was A’s first day back to preschool. His fingernails nearly curled with excitement. The best part of the morning (I took some time off to take him in today) was when he saw his best friend from last year, J. A took off running across the room the minute he saw J. It’s really awesome to see one’s own kids developing friendships...

The preschool room was like mass chaos. It reminded me of a busy little anthill, although at about two thousand times the noise level! I’m so glad he’s back in the school routine. I love school. I love everything about school, and I always have. I hope he grows up to realize how lucky he is to have the benefit of a good education and parents who value its importance. Not to mention loving teachers and a caring community...

J was so excited to help send A off to school that she forgot to put down her rolling pin and potato masher.



She, Miss Thing, has developed a new and rather...well, endearing, activity. She finds things she knows she’s not supposed to have (keys, cell phones, CD-ROMs out of my briefcase, markers, DVDs, you name it...), brings them to us, and says “Can’t have it!” At least she gets that part... And she’s really putting words and phrases together. She’s much less intelligible than A was at this age, but that’s part of her charm. And hilarity. She remains, by far, the funniest kid I’ve yet come across.