Nolan started preschool:)!!!

On September 14th, Nolan started his first day of three year old preschool!!!  It's hard to believe he has grown up so fast, and that I actually walked him into school to his very own first day...it seems like it was just yesterday that I was pregnant with him!!!  It's certainly true, when people say, "enjoy every minute, because it goes by so fast."  I know it's only preschool, but reality set in on how grown up our little boy has become!!!!

Matt was working on Tuesday, Nolan's first day, so Mason and I dropped Nolan off together:)!!  Parents could stay for the first 15 minutes and then were to say goodbye.  Nolan was very excited for his first day and although I could tell he was a little nervous, he did great!!!  He goes twice a week, two half days.  Matt was able to go on Thursday and had signed up at the parent orientation to be a "folder stuffer" for the Thursday's that he is able to bring him...so he was in Nolan's classroom for about the first 10 mins of class while Mason and I toured the building.  Matt said that while he stood quietly in the back of the room stuffing folders, he could hear Nolan's little voice asking A LOT of questions;)!!  I guess he's already coming out of his shell!!

His teachers, Mrs. Hetfield and Mrs. Horling, had also told us that the kids would be learning to pour their own milk/water at snack time.  On Nolan's first day he said he was thirsty and wanted milk.  However, when they told them they were going to learn to pour themselves, he told his teachers that he wasn't thirsty.  They passed this on to us, so we chatted w/ him and it turns out he was really nervous that he might spill and make a mess, and that his teachers might get upset:(...poor little guy!!  So Daddy did some practicing w/ him at home and he couldn't wait to pour his own milk on Thursday at school!  He did...and did a great job;)!!!  His teachers also made a point of telling us he is such a polite little boy always saying please and thank-you!  We are so proud!!

Mason has enjoyed visiting the school as well...he walks through the halls like he owns the place!!!  There is a little bird in the front entrance that he loves to visit, as well as a fish tank.  He loves picking Nolan up more than dropping him off...he misses him while he's gone, and Nolan talks about how much he misses Mason while he is in school...they are so sweet!  On Nolan's first day home after school he was whooped...he had a cold, and was just plain tired.  He passed out on the couch and was out for a while...meanwhile, Mason was trying to harass him and poke him, and pick on him...everything he could to wake him up...that's the picture w/ Mason and the big huge grin on his face, knowing he's being naughty, lol!!!