After much anxiety and second thoughts on my part, and excitement and wonder on Drew's part, he finally had his first day of preschool. It went perfectly. He was happy to go. He did a lovely job of getting ready this morning and hugged me goodbye when I dropped him off. When I picked him up he told me every detail of his day.
After we dropped him off, Julianna and I came home to a quiet house. She laid down for a morning nap and I had NO IDEA what to do with myself. It was so quiet and weird without Drew with me. You'd think that I'd be ready for this, I've done it before (dropping off a child for their first day of preschool, I mean)...but, with Lily it was different. I didn't start staying home full time until she was 19 months old. And she has never been the type to just hang out with Mommy. She's always been much too busy to run errands or play Barbies with me, she'd rather be on her own or out of the house taking a swimming lesson or staying busy other ways. I've been a stay at home mom with Drew since day one. His personality is one that is happy to run errands with Mommy and he includes me in a game of cars. So, it was weird to come home and not have my sidekick around to help me with the vacuuming.
I'm sure that I will get used to this. I know that now I will have time to get a few more things done in the mornings. However, I can't say I won't miss his smiling face!
Here's the funny of the morning. When Tom and I got there to drop Drew off, one of the paraprofessionals in his classroom came over to greet him. She was speaking to him like he was a baby. She took his backpack from him to show him how to hang it up on the hook in his locker. All why talking baby talk...then my smart little boy says to this lady, "I can hang my coat on the hook by myself." She was shocked. I don't know what she was expecting...but Drew obviously will not be spoken down to. :)
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