These Three Are Off to Preschool

Oliver started kindergarten two weeks ago and my other three finally had their first day of preschool today.  It was an extra special day for Matteo, because after accompanying his three older siblings to school last spring, he got to walk into school, not as a younger sibling, but as a classmate.  Due to a mixed-age class and a teacher willing to be flexible with a September 1 age cut-off, (Matteo won't be three until the end of the month) Soren, Kiera and Matteo are all in the same preschool class this year.  When I learned that there are only nine kids in the class, their teacher pointed out that if my kids get sick, there goes a third of the class!

Aren't little kids with book bags just so adorable?

Celina dropped them off on their first day and reported that everything went very well.  Kiera and Matteo knew exactly what to do and were happy to be there.  Soren also did better than we expected since he only needed a few extra hugs and reassurance.  It warms my heart that they like school and am thankful for those three mornings a week they get to play with other kids their age. These next two years are precious to me because they're the only time these three will spend in the same class together before they're going to be split up across two grades.