Maddox Starts a New School

Last Tuesday was Maddox's first day at his new school.  We enrolled him at Matthews United Methodist Weekday Preschool. It is less than 2 miles from our house, which is a huge plus, and he has had a great transition so far!

1st day!!

I have been meaning to get a picture of him with his teachers, but I keep forgetting and it's so chaotic at drop off and pick up I just haven't done it yet.  We had been talking to him for a couple of months about starting a new school and I was so worried about how he would handle the transition.  Little did I know, it was going to be much harder on me than it was on him!  I got there to take him in and I could feel the emotions coming.  I was so embarrassed, but there was nothing I could do to hold it back.  As soon as the teacher asked me where we moved from, I just lost it.  I couldn't even answer her!  My emotions didn't phase Maddox at all, though.  As I was standing there losing it, Maddox was saying, "Excuse me, excuse me!  Where do I put my bag?!?"  Good gracious, leaving him in a new place with strangers was so hard for me that first day, but each day got a little easier!  He goes from 9:00-1:00, which is an hour longer than he is used to, but he loves that he gets to eat lunch at school each day.  He is home with me and the girls on Mondays, which is also nice because it gives us a day each week to go explore and do something fun together.  We are now into the 2nd week and he is still loving it.  His class has done a lot of neat things so far and I can't wait to see what all he learns the rest of this year!