Preschool!

It was a tough decision to send Tiernan to preschool.  We knew it would be great for him.  He needs more social interaction as I'm simply not able to go anywhere during the day, and it would be good for him to start learning new things.  Shhhh don't tell anyone, but I was also excited for a little tiny reprieve in the afternoons since that is usually naptimes for everyone but him.  I'm still working at UNC (I know, crazy, right??) so I was hoping this would allow me to get some work done during the day rather than at night.  That being said, I was also nervous about someone else having influence on him.  I mean, I know the teachers cannot possibly love Tiernan as much as I do, and no one knows him better than Ethan and me.  Also, it's a pain in the patootie to get everyone loaded up twice a day three times a week.  But in the end we decided to just jump right in and see how it goes.  It's not like we're locked in if it doesn't work out. 

He needed a little convincing at first.  He is definitely shy in new situations and the three times he's gone, has said he really had fun and likes preschool, but dropping him off is always hard, and he almost always says he wants to stay with me and doesn't want to go.  Let me tell you, it is NO FUN to drop off a kid who is so sad-I almost started crying myself!  I'm hoping it gets easier the longer he goes, and it will be a little bit more of a routine.  I'm trying to convince myself of that!

 

Ethan's sister's sister in law's (huh??) son goes to preschool at the same time as him.  We're hoping they'll get to be good buddies. 

All ready to go!

I can't believe he's old enough to be in preschool already!  Where did the time go?

I caught Jaxson sleeping in bed one morning.  Good thing he is so sweet when he is sleeping, cuz he has not been a good sleeper at night lately.

I had to capture the giant man on the little slide.  Hilarious!

Look at that crazy hair!  It's so fun because he's our only kid so far with a little bit of curl.  Which is weird because both Ethan and I have wavy hair.