But Keep the Old

Today was Day 2 at Woodmen Hills Preschool. This time I made sure I had a stroller to keep Keegen restrained and I had to lure Bode into the building with a TJ's cereal bar. We got in and he did the same song and dance (ur, cry and whine) about NOT going to school and this and that. So I parked Keegen in the classroom and picked Bode up and carried him in AGAIN. We were about 15 minutes late since the boys slept in after their wild times at Angela's (sleeping in for us is about 7:30). So class was already in full swing and heading for circle time. He wouldn't join in and we sat in the back of the class. I was happy with the way the teachers dealt with us, still introducing him and me even though we weren't in the circle and simply stating the "Bode's not ready yet." I stuck around until there was a natural break and saw that the teachers were motioning for me to leave. I gave him a kiss, told him to have fun and that I'd pick him up when it was time and left. Miss Elaine was talking to him as I left (and as he cried) but I could tell he wasn't that upset. Certainly not as upset as last week.

Keegen and I had a lovely time shopping at Safeway and then I attempted to get the house back into some order but it's really impossible with K. He's so completely into everything. "Busy" I think would be a PC term for it.

Pickup at preschool went great. Bode was more smiley when he saw me (still tried to hide his smile but more of it spilled out). Both teachers cooed about what a great day he had. Told me he still hung out in the back of the class but was paying close attention to everything they were doing (typical!) and that he eventually joined in. He was excited to tell me that he got to play with Zeke on the playground, so that was cool. I didn't get much more out of him than that, but he seemed happy. Hopefully it will continue to get easier. We will miss two weeks of school soon for our vacation, but I hope he can get back into a groove fast after that.

This afternoon, Sarah, my friend from BYU's college of nursing, stopped by for a visit with her 3 kids. She's been in town (in Boulder) for a family wedding and was able to swing by. It was great to see her. She's just so easy to be around. Nice to chat, the kids seemed to have a good time. I'm crossing my fingers that they'll move back to Colorado sometime in the not-to-distant future!