First Day of School

I have to admit that even though I've been worrying about, crying over and denying the inevitability of this day, it wasn't as bad as I thought. Now I know that he's only doing preschool two days a week and he isn't really "officially" registered in school, but my boy started school today. He went to bed really early without any problems last night in anticipation of today. Somehow through all my worrying, I actually wasn't as well prepared as I should have been: one tennis shoe was never found and his snack was only half packed. But we made it and he did great! It was a little bittersweet, but I didn't even shed a tear today. Really it was fun getting him out of the car, putting his backpack on him, signing him in, introducing him to his new teacher and then walking out the door. He came back excited and actually said, "Mom, today is an excellent day." Then he broke out into his own song that didn't really have a defined tune, but the words went something like this, "Today is a great day! Today I went to preschool!" I couldn't help but laugh and realize that my son growing up is exciting for me too when I see him learn new things and gain important experiences. Today was a great day! Today my son went to preschool!