Garrett's 1st Day of Preschool

Garrett had his first day of preschool a few weeks ago on September 5, 2017.  He LOVED it!  

And I love hearing him come home and tell me all about school and what he does there :)

When we first found out we would be moving to Fayetteville, I called the public school system to see if I could enroll Garrett in preschool. Well, apparently they were already totally full and was told the waiting list is so long that we wouldn't get in. Bummer. 

So I started looking and asking around and kept getting the same answer that St. Andrews Academy was the place to go for preschool. I looked more into it and found out that it was held at a local Methodist church. I went in and spoke with the director and she seemed really awesome and on top of things. They were very organized and I had a great feeling about it! So we signed Garrett up!

Part of me wondered if Garrett would be bored with preschool-- he already knows all his shapes, colors, can identify and write all the letters (upper and lowercase), can write his first and last name, he knows our phone number, address, and can count to 100 in English and can count to 50 in Spanish. He really and truly loves to learn!! 

So I debated back and forth if signing him up for preschool was the right thing to do, especially because it would be an additional big cost that wasn't exactly necessary... but in the end we decided to keep him signed up. Here in North Carolina, they have all day kindergarten. Garrett, as I'm sure with most young kids, sometimes has a hard time listening and we thought the social aspect, if nothing else, would benefit him greatly. We also thought a setting where he had to listen to a teacher and practice obeying a teacher figure would give him good preparation for kindergarten. We felt like we wanted to give him the best chance and prep we could offer for kindergarten. 

Here are his first day of preschool pictures! 

Also, I just have to say how weird it is only having Brenna home with me for 3 mornings a week. Garrett goes to preschool on Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays from 9-12. So Brenna and I often get our grocery shopping and any other errands done on those mornings! It's been pretty fun to spend a little one-on-one time with Brenna :) 

The first day we did errands and then came home and ate lunch and the Raggedy Ann doll came everywhere and did everything with us. It's my really old doll from when I was little. She kept saying that "the baby needs go potty" and tried to feed the doll her peanut butter and jelly sandwich, haha. She's such a cutie! And as another side note... that dress I got on clearance for $1.50!! Walmart had all their clearance stuff marked down with an additional 50% off! So we got a few things for her and some uniform-approved shorts for Garrett next year.