visiting day

Well, the day has finally come where Luke got to go to school with me at St. Peter's.  He has made up songs about going there, and talks about going to big boy school there one day.  The potty training thing is still so much better because he knows that he HAS to poop on the potty in order to go to prek.  He woke up this morning really happy and even wanted to pick out his own shirt.  He also told me that he wasn't going to learn how to write his letters that were U, K, or E but that he just wanted to work on learning how to write his L's better.  I about fell out of my chair.

 He insisted that he was going to wear his backpack instead of letting me carry it.  =)

 And then wouldn't let me take his picture.  I am after all his mommy......who tries to take pics when I can!

 My almost three year old is growing up quite fast.  On the way to school, he quoted 1 John 4:16 which says "God is LOVE!" and then sang the song that goes with it from Steve Green's cd.  So cute.  I was so happy to drive him to be able to hear that little voice singing.

 He got to school and had a little time before we had to go down to Mrs. Bo's class.  So, a few of my students taught him how to play the computer.  He loved it.  When he walked down with me to the room, he was so excited and ran right in.  No, Bye mommy! or anything.  Just went right up to the trucks and started playing!  He was with the kids who are already there this year.  We have 5 staff kids that will be in this class, so they are screening them earlier than the actual visiting day.

This is him learning a little bit about Abraham Lincoln.  It was after all, Presidents Day.  =)

 Luke found this little bear when we took a visit to the library.  He brought him back with us to keep us company and to color with.

 He liked my smelly markers, but ruined them.  Oh well.

 He glued and cut with scissors too.

 My little class just swarmed him with love today.  They were so excited that he was in the building!  Luke told them that it was too much and to give him some "space" at times......I thought that was funny, but they kind of were in his face!

 He loved playing on the playground with the big kids and eating lunch after I picked him up from his class at 11:30. He had lunch duty with me, and got to charm the kids at lunch with his smile. He stayed with my class until carpool.  That was BRAVE of me to SKIP nap and let my two year old play in my room.  But he was fine.  VERY HAPPY too.

 You know he really was excited to be a big boy when he told me that he was going to go poop on St. Peter's potty cause he was a big boy.  LOVE HIM.  We celebrated at Chick-fil-a eating an ice dream and playing on that playground too.  The boy was EXHAUSTED from this long day of learning that he conked out on my walk with him.  Skipping nap is hard work.  Good thing I brought lots of snacks.

=)  He warms my heart.