First day of Book Buddies Preschool

Brandon had his first day of Book Buddies Preschool today. He's been pretty excited about the prospect of going to school for three reasons:

1) Riding a yellow school bus to school

2) Liz goes to school

3) Eli is at Book Buddies.

I guess 2 out of 3 isn't bad. Since he loves the subway, it wasn't too hard to convince him that riding the subway to school was way cooler than a bus. He probably didn't agree with the argument, but still loves himself a good subway ride. Liz is at NYU so not in his class nor does she ride a yellow school bus to school. I am glad, at least, that Eli is at book buddies!

This is the proverbial picture at your front door. Honestly, he's excited. I don't know what the deal is with his expression/smile.

When we got to the front of the building where Book Buddies is held, he had an attack of shyness and would not look up for the picture. It might have been the sun in his eyes, too?

This is in front of the door of Book Buddies. Notice his cute backpack. When he got out of the stroller, he had to make sure he had his backpack for school.

We were the first ones there, which was a good thing. Brandon had a chance to relax and get comfortable with the surroundings.

The first day was only an hour and all the moms were there.

Brandon loved these pegs during activity time. Of course, the first thing he noticed was that there were not any orange pegs. But he piled his pegs up impressively high!

Reading time

Free Play

Crossing the street to show parents the outdoor play area.

Motivating the kids with promises of bags of animal crackers at their destination.

Brandon would only hold Eli's or Lillian's hands and since Eli only wanted to hold his mom's today, Lillian's it was. To be fair, he doesn't really know the other kids but I hope he likes them all really soon!

Lillian and Brandon discovering green moss on the tree. No, not a part of the school lesson, just discovering on their own.

At the end of Book Buddies, what a big boy he is. I think it was a successful first day of school. As we were going to bed tonight, he said, "school, one more!"