First Day of Preschool

Natalia's first day of preschool was yesterday. To minimize drama, I didn't actually tell her when her first day of school was until bedtime on Monday. As her siblings were getting ready for bed, I told her that she also needed to set out clothes for Tuesday since she had preschool. She immediately started with a long list of questions, but thankfully, none of us lost any sleep over school starting. (In comparison to the boys, who stopped sleeping for about two weeks before kindergarten began. They had trouble falling asleep, and Michael especially woke up screaming with nightmares every night. We are still recovering!)

Yesterday morning there were some initial protests, but by the time we were ready to leave, Natalia was dragging me out the door, encouraging me to hurry because, "The teachers are waiting for me!!!"

It is clear that Natalia loved her first day, but getting the details of what actually happened at school has been a bit tricky. All she would tell Jeff about school is that they didn't go outside for recess. So I tried to extract some information from her when I got home from work.

Me: How was preschool? Did you have fun?

Natalia: (Smiling) We didn't go outside.

Me: Oh, okay. If you didn't go outside, what did you do?

Natalia: Everything!

Me: Wow! That sounds fun. What kind of things did you do?

(silence)

Me: Did you paint?

Natalia: No

Me: Did you play with blocks?

Natalia: No

Me: Did you play dress up?

Natalia: No, they don't have that.

Me: Hmmm. Can you tell me ONE thing that you did at preschool?

Natalia: (Still smiling) We didn't go outside.

Me: Did you have circle time?

Natalia: Yes. Two circles.

Me: What did you do in the circles?

Natalia: We didn't go outside.

And then Natalia ran off to play. So first day of preschool was successful. But what actually occurred is a mystery!