Pre-k! YAY!

Yesterday was D's first day of pre-school. And surprising as it may be to most, I did not cry!! :) We strolled in, all 5 of us, and said good morning, filled out even more paperwork, and then went on our merry way. All the while D is so interested in talking to the teacher that he was not even interested in giving hugs! He did, however, and then went right back to doing as before. When, I got there to pick him up I was actually about 5 minutes early and had planned to wait outside the room, but was told that I could go ahead and go in. We waited patiently while Mrs. F and Mrs. H told the kids how proud they were of them on their first day and told them that they would not be coming today, but would return again on Friday as an entire class. (They did split entry, meaning half of the class got to go the first day, the other half the second day and then everyone would go together after that.) Both the teacher and TA told me that he had done really well and they were proud of him. And we headed out. Well, of course the barrage of questions from me started. I wanted to know every detail. But what do four-year-old kids care about?!! Apparently, lunch. That's all he wanted to tell me about. How they went to the cafeteria twice and what they ate, and snack time. Really, kid?! I did finally get a little bit more out of him. He told me they had play outside on the playground. "Duh, by the buses mom!" And apparently he is going to be like I was in school...a chatterbox. Apparently at one point Mrs. F told him that if she had to tell him to be quiet "one more time" he would be in trouble. Oh geez. Initially it struck me the wrong way. Imagining some woman talking to MY child that was just did not sit well with me. But as I thought about it I realized that 1) It may not have sounded the way that D relayed it back to me and 2) that he had to learn to do what he was told at school, even if that meant *sniff* sitting out a few times. I hate this already. This whole my kids growing up thing. It sucks!! What I wouldn't give for time to slow down and just let me enjoy them as babies a little longer. All in all it was a good first day!!