First Day of School

According to the Coordinator/Principal of the Montessori, Micah did very well for his first day at school.

Getting him to sleep early the night before school was almost impossible. At 10pm we had started telling him to sleep, but he had all kinds of excuses and requests: I need to drink water; Just read one story, mummy; Wait, I need something...(and heads for downstairs); etc. He finally slept about 12am.

To get him up, I started waking him by patting him and shaking him lightly. Then he started mumbling, so I called out, "First day of school! First day of school!" (Finding Nemo) until he finally opened his eyes a little. I took him straight into the showers. By then he was awake enough to be excited about first day of school and cooperated all the way.

He ran out to where we were holding the playgroup for the babies a couple of time, but his teacher led him back to the classroom. Once he ran out, saw me and said he needed to use the bathroom. I took him. Another time he was going to wash his hands, when he saw us singing and he ran around our group for a while before his teacher came and took him by his hand and led him back to class. Once his teacher carried him out, he was crying. It turned out that he had missed his chair and sat on the floor and hurt his bottom. It was suppose to be snack time. So he was allowed a bit of time out for some cuddles from mommy and Max. Then he went back to class. Later, I peeked in and saw him feeding himself. His teacher later said he had two helpings of cereals and drank all the milk from the bowl too. Boy, I'm impressed!


Strangely when we asked him what did he do/learn in school today he said "I don't know." Hmm... maybe he just hasn't found the words. But he did say he enjoyed school and wants to go back. That's good news.

These are the few shots his teacher took for me.