Aidan's first day of Preschool was today. I knew from the moment he woke up and I reminded him that today was the big day that it wasn't going to go smoothly.
He started out crying and telling me that he didn't want to go.
Awesome.
We managed to get through the groggy phase of the morning with some chocolate milk and Little Einsteins, but when he saw me come down the stairs with his clothes in my arms he freaked out again.
Don't ask me how I managed to convince him to get dressed AND take pictures, because the whole stressful thing is a blur now :(
Mason even gave his big bro an encouraging Good Luck hug! (Aidan even brought Ducky along to school to help ease his nerves).
Daddy is on his way to his final Fellowship interview today so he was just going in to work this morning very briefly before his flight, and was actually able to meet us at the School to drop Aidan off. It was a surprise treat that Aidan loved.....yet didn't make drop off any easier.
Aidan kept asking me to stay and play with him and would panic if I left his sight for more than 3 seconds. By the time Ryan and I tried to sneak out while he was occupied at a table with some other kids he was in a full blown freak out. The teacher grabbed him up to comfort him and shooed us from the room, which was fine with me.
I knew he would be fine once we were out of sight, but it broke my heart to have him have such an absolute panic attack about it. He's such a sociable, outgoing kid that it's killing me that he's reacting like this. It's not like he's never been in someone else's care before!
The director of the school assured me that they would call if he remained inconsolable, which I knew wouldn't happen (and it didn't).
When I picked him up he told me he had a great day, had ice cream, AND made me a drawing.
Cross your fingers that Thursday goes smoother than today :/
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