We were a little stumped on where to send Charlie for her first year. We had several options, but narrowed it down to the two closest pre-k schools- Shenandoah (literally in our back yard) and Magnolia Head Start (2 blocks away). We decided against Shenandoah, because they don't even have a playground. The kids just stand around outside with a ball. WTH kind of school is that? But we hadn't heard from Magnolia, so we had no choice but to enroll her at Shenandoah since we procrastinated all summer. Bad parents! She was getting ready to start in one week when we finally got a call from Magnolia. They were able to squeeze us in last minute. YAY!! Charlie gets a playground.
So here is Charlie on her first day of school.
Chuck and I both walked Charlie to school this morning. When it was time to go, she gave me a kiss and practically pushed me out the door. Humph, that was easy. I then went to work and waited for that embarrassing phone call... "umm, Mrs Dickens?? We need you to come get your child. She (fill in the blank with something AWFUL)." Which could be (1) refuses to keep her clothes on and is running around the school butt naked, (2) peed in the doll house (probably while running around naked), (3) is fighting/biting all the kids for the dinosaurs toys (again while naked and peeing all over the toys). That's just a few of the possible worst case scenarios that were running through my head all day while trying to work. But nope. Apparently she did great. And even came home in the same clothes she arrived in and ponytails still in tact. I couldn't be more proud!! The only comment from Ms. Susan was "that girl has a lot of energy". Freaking tell me about Ms. Susan.
I was so excited to get home and hear about her 1st day. Here is a little clip of what she had to say. PS- I have no clue why she mentioned playing with trash?? weirdo.
I don't know who is more excited about school.... Charlie or Chuck. Charlie gets to have lots of fun playing with "dump trucks and bikes and dinosaurs", while daddy gets to catch up on some much needed sleep. I am also a little excited that she gets a nutritional breakfast and lunch while at school. One less thing for me to worry about, plus I don't have to come home for lunch everyday to make sure she eats something besides "jelly burgers" or what normal people like to call peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Again, she's a weirdo.
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