First Day of Preschool

Alex had his first day of preschool today!  He was so excited to go!  I love that I have a child that is excited for things like this - it makes dropping him off so much easier :)

He has a new teacher this year.  Her name is Mrs. Butler (often times he calls her Mrs. Butter).  She seems like a wonderful, loving woman and I am so happy that Alex is in her class.  She also has two aides in her class.  Mrs. Corning helps out on Tuesday and Thursday and Mrs. Chaplin (Amy - his teacher from last year) helps out on Wednesday.  We are so glad that Amy is in his class.  Alex absolutely adores her and it is so nice to have a familiar face around :)

When I dropped Alex off at school this morning, he walked right in and put his bag on the hook and lunch bag on the floor.  He acted like he owned the place - of course that is nothing out of the ordinary for Alex!  After he sat down, he asked Mrs. Butler where the bathroom was.  She pointed it out (it is in the classroom) and asked him if he needed to go.  He told her "no, I was just checking for when I will need to use it later"!  Ha - always prepared!

In his classroom this year, they are all about independence.  He carries his own bag, goes to the bathroom when he needs to, cleans up toys, plays independently (as well as in the group) and he is even able to do car pool (no need for me to drag Jax in and out of the car to drop off and pick up Alex).  I love that they are teaching him these things, but also a little sad because it means that my little man isn't so little anymore!  He is growing up and I can't stop it!

He also will have chapel this year on Wednesdays.  They will get to go into the church sanctuary, learn about Jesus and learn to pray.  I am so excited for this.  He has such love in his heart for Jesus and loves learning about Him.

I went in to pick him up today (this morning he told me to come in and pick him up because he was "just not ready for the car pool line") and Mrs. Butler told me that he was a wonderful little boy and that he cleaned up after himself without even being asked to.  She said that they really enjoyed him.  Apparently he is quite the social butterfly too.

When we got in the car today, he told me all about his day.  He was so proud of the handprints he made, told me all about eating his lunch, playing with his friends and he told me about hanging out with all his friends from last year on the playground!  He even told me that he thinks that he is ready to try the carpool tomorrow because he is a "big boy" now :)

I am so happy he enjoyed his first day and I am so hopeful that he will be this excited the rest of the year!

Here are a few pictures that we took this morning before we left for school:

Ready for school:

Mommy and Alex:

Brothers:

Love that they are holding hands in this picture :)

Alex's Christmas Play

Alex had his Christmas Play at school today.  His class is singing "Jingle Bells" and ringing bells.  Alex is in the green Santa Claus shirt.  I'm not sure if he ever sang his song, but he sure did dance and ring his bell like a champ!

Here are a few pictures that I got during the play:

Ready for the singing to begin:

Ringing his bells and clapping:

Dancing...he was so excited!!

Crazy kid:

Jumping (or dancing):

I was getting a little worried for the girl next to him...he was waving his bells kind of wildly :)

No idea what he is doing in this one:

Dancing a little more:

Hugs for Mommy after his show:

Alex's First Day of School

Today was Alex's first day of school for the year.  This year, he will be in the 2 1/2 year old class, all of these kids will be turning 3 sometime throughout the year.  At the "meet the teacher" day on Friday, they seemed like a really great group of kiddos!

He will have two teachers again this year, Ms. Amy and Ms. Lynn.  They both seem like amazing, loving women!

All weekend, we have been reminding Alex that he was going back to school - we wanted to get him used to the idea and didn't want him to be alarmed when we took him!  As soon as we pulled into school this morning, he started yelling "my school, my school"!  He was so excited :)

I know he is looking so forward to going to school and playing with his friends.  He loves learning and being around people.  And he absolutely LOVES music on Tuesdays (he usually comes home singing a new song for me)!

Here is a picture of his cheesy grin before leaving for school this morning:

Last Day of School

Today was Alex's last day at school at Willowbrook Mother's Day Out!  He started at this school when we moved to Huntsville and has absolutely loved it!

We were blessed with two amazing teachers, Ms. Rene and Ms. Susan!  They have both been patient with Alex and he has really grown fond of both women!  Today when we left, he gave them both big hugs and told them "bye-bye"!

Alex will be attending Willowbrook next year.  He will have two new teachers and move up in class.  Fortunately he will have two girls from this year in his class next year!  I'm glad he will have some familiar faces in the crowd.

He has learned so much and done so well!  His speech has improved greatly, as well as his identification of letters, colors and numbers.  He has made incredible artwork that is proudly displayed around our house and has made great little friends!  We are going to meet up with a few friends for playdates this summer!  He loves music class - his teachers tell me that he always dances and sings along with the music, which he always does at home!  Lucky for him, next year his music teacher will also be his regular teacher!

When I picked him up today his teacher, Ms. Susan, had a CD with pictures on it from Alex's two months in school!  I loved seeing what he does in class and how he interacts with the other kids.  This was such a great gift to the parents (she did one for each student)!

Here are the pictures that I received today:

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