Preschool without Mommy

Today was Samuel's first day of preschool sans parent. I had been prepping him for this, and although on Tuesday he was clingy during my day as a work parent, today he had no problem without me.

Not only was the day a success for Samuel, it was also a success for Shira, Penelope and I. Truth be told, I was probably just as nervous about today as Samuel was. Katherine has been taking care of Shira during my workdays, and today was my turn to fulfill my end of the swap by taking Penelope on Katherine's work day. So Katherine dropped Penelope off at our house at 11:30, I attached the trailer to Samuel's trailer bike, and I hauled Shira in the Ibert, Samuel on the trailer bike and Penelope in the trailer the 2 miles to preschool. My menagerie was at least 10 feet long, and weighed as much as I do.

The drop off was a little hectic with two babies in tow. I handed Samuel off to Teacher Claire with a big smack on the cheek and told him to have a good time.

Samuel looked a little nervous, but it was reported to me that after a couple of minutes he went about his business and had a great time. I hear that he rode the trikes, planted seeds (carrots and peas), ate grapes ("not off the vine, Mommy, they were just on a plant"), had bananas ("again" big sigh and shoulder shrug) for snack, painted a flower, wanted to paint a butterfly, and was perfectly behaved during circle time.

As for my day, it went better than I could have imagined. We got home and I tossed Shira and Penelope in the stroller, where Shira fell asleep after a 10 minute walk. I went home, and held Penelope while catching up on email, and she miraculously fell asleep sitting on my lap. Definitely not a child of mine.

End of the day Storytime.Samuel and Shira share a snack and a drive in the car before heading home.