We've got ourselves a preschooler. So what do we do about this new chapter? We celebrate.
All summer long we were hyping Jack up for the transition of entering the school world. Jack is a witty, smart kid but is not a big fan of change. Who can blame him? It's one of my weaknesses too. His preschool hosted an open house the evening before his first day, and little did we know the teachers would take the kids to their classroom so they could get a feel for it.
Jack was, naturally, nervous and he owned his emotion. Like legit named it out-loud for me to know without trying to hide it or bolt for the door. So when time came we went up together to his class, we met his teacher, got extra hype over the crayons/coloring book/glue stick we found in his desk, and then I ninja-style walked out the classroom door. And once the short parent meeting was over we came back to an excited, ready-to-be preschooler.
Dinner & Dessert
On the menu was Jack's favorite meal: spaghetti. And amen to that since it's something simple and quick before we went to open house. For dessert we had my go-to skillet cookie, but made it school edition for our "smart cookie."
I wanted to jazz the table up to create a space that felt different than our normal dinners.
I had Jack write out name cards for each of us, and we lit our candles. However those didn't stay lit for long since my kids have an obsession for blowing candles out. Happy birthday to anyone and everyone once a candle is lit.
Fun questions
We wanted to speak some encouragement over Jack and tell him how special we think he is. I had our fam answer a couple of questions about Jack like "Why do you think Jack will be a great student at school?' and "What do you love most about Jack that will make him a great classmate/friend?" It was fun to see Jack light up over our answers. Even Peter answered in his own way which was hilarious.
Bedtime story
We capped the night of with the book, The Night Before Preschool and extra snuggles.
Jack was so excited to tell me they read the same book on his first day!
Simple enough but so special for our preschooler. Here's to a year full of big emotions and bigger growth!
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