Preschool Time

I went to Preston's preschool last week to visit. It was fun to see him at school and see how he did. He was very well trained and knew what to do (he likes routine and responds well to it). The day I was there he was going to gym for PT help. They had him kick a ball, swing on a horse swing and do an obstacle course which involved putting a valentine in an envelope, walking upstairs to put it in the mailbox, jumping in circles, walking on a tipsy table and rolling down a hill. He was so good about waiting his turn and knew which line to sit on. I was impressed. Then we went back into his class and they had snack. They did circle time and went out to recess. I had to leave at recess time. But now I have a better sense of how things go there.

He loves riding the bus and runs out to the bus each morning and chooses to sit in the very back. The morning bus driver doesn't care, but bus driver that brings him home doesn't like him sitting all the way in the back so he gets mad. When I put him on the bus in the morning I usually say, "have a good day! I love you!" and he repeats it back to me. He also used to say, "hi friends" as he was getting on the bus. Too cute. The teacher or aides will send home a note attached to his backpack if there was a problem (ie: biting, pushing, having to change clothes, falling down and getting hurt, etc). It's their way of communicating with us. Well, those days that he gets a note I'm always curious what happened that day. Kate will ask, "was he good? Did he get a note?" haha. One time he shredded the note to a bunch of pieces. I guess he didn't want me to read it! When he first started school he would take his shoes and socks off on the bus ride home. Very annoying. Now he is loosening his seat belt and the bus driver does not like that. I hear about it all the time (the bus driver that brings him home always has something wrong to say...kind of annoying). Another time, he got a bag of candy from school and got it out of his backpack on the bus and ate the candy. Overall, he is doing really well and we can see lots of progress with his speech. He comes home happy, eats lunch really good then takes a nap. School wears him out.

Just some pictures of the kids from the other day.