Off To School!

I don't think there has been another year that I've been SO ready for fall, I'm welcoming these cooler temps with open arms! Today was Beau's first day of preschool, and my first day transporting all the kiddos with this year's new schedule. Beau woke up this morning ready to go, and by woke up I mean he was upstairs at 6am, fully dressed, teeth brushed, and bed made (school doesn't start until noon). He was REALLY set on wearing shorts so he could see his new shoes. Eventually I convinced him we had to switch to jeans, although he had to wear his new shoes all morning. "Please mom, I haven't worn them outside!" Sure I won the jean battle, wear your shoes.
Drop off was a little chaotic, I have to take all the daycare kids with, so at meet the teacher night his teacher said if I pulled up out front they would have a staff member come out and get Beau and another little guy from daycare, since there isn't a lot of room inside for me to truck all the extra kiddos in with. When I got there nobody was coming out to get them and there were mom's everywhere bringing their kids for the first day. It was impossible to figure out who was staff vs. a mom to flag down. I eventually got him in the door, but, I couldn't get home fast enough so I could call and make sure they made it to the right place. Pick up went a little better, they were the last ones in there and finally one of the staff members realized that they must belong to the lady standing in the parking lot waving like a crazy person (either that or she's a creepy preschool stalker... I kind of felt like a creepy stalker as I watched all the other parents go in and come back out with their kids).
I was happy when he came out all smiles and actually had stories to tell! My favorite went something like this:
"There was a man and we had to tell him the letter when he pointed to it"
"Did you know them all?"
"Yeah, we did it with numbers too and he asked me how high I could count. I told him higher than 100."
"Did he believe you, or did you have to show him?"
"I had to show him. I counted to 112 and he told me to stop, I think he was getting sick of it. Maybe I shoulda just showed him how to do it by tens."
He was also ecstatic when he found out that they had snack at school and he still got to go home and have snack with the daycare kids! He got in the car and the first thing he asked the kids was "what did you guys have for snack?" I told him we hadn't had snack yet and he goes "I get to eat snack again?!" Anyone who knows Beau can picture the pure giddiness on his face. It was multiplied when he got home and found out that I'd made cookies while he was gone (I mean you have to do milk and cookies for the first day, right!).

I'm thinking it will be a good year. School days are definitely going to be chaotic, especially until we get a routine down. Having the kids eat and still have the boys to preschool by noon will be a challenge, but at least after today I know it will be doable! I think I may have underestimated the challenge that a bigger belly adds to getting everyone buckled in in a timely manner though. It's not quite as easy to do my acrobatics over the seat to get everyone in their car seats, and it will probably be down right comical come December!