Monday, September 12, 2011

First First Day O' School


This past week was Gabe's first day of preschool. Since he has a November birthday, it's the 2's and only 2 days a week. The first day was only an hour and the moms and dads stayed in the room. I will admit that I was a both teary and proud as we crossed the parking lot, hand in hand, Gabe wearing his new backpack bounding to the building. Gabe dove right in and played with all sorts of toys they had set out. He even played by himself for about 15 mins. When we left I asked him if he had fun he said "Yes, mommy was there." Wish us luck for his first full day tomorrow :)

14 comments:

Christine @ 12,450miles said...

Happy First First Day!!! I have my fingers crossed for the Second First Day too! (I cannot believe how big he looks in this photo... yowzas!)

IP Journey said...

Happy 1st day school! Mom, were you ok? =) He looks so grown up in this photo...so handsome!

Christine said...

Oh, Gabe looks like such a big boy!! I'll be thinking of you both tomorrow--I hope it goes great!

sue said...

clearly he's already getting ready for the u of i with his orange and blue! hee! love this photo - he's so grown up looking though!!! thinking of you both tomorrow and sending happy thoughts!!!

Beth said...

Great first-day-of-school outfit! Love! Congrats on the first day. Keep us posted on the second.

Dana said...

Sooo very cute and that backpack rocks! Hope all goes well at Day 2!!

kelly said...

What a big boy with his backpack and first-day-of-school outfit (which I love, btw). I'm glad day 1 went smoothly. I will definitely be thinking of you guys tomorrow during the real-deal. I'm more worried about you than Gabe. It's OK to cry the whole time (after you leave) cuz that's what I did!

Anne said...

Happy first day! With a backpack like that (and a mom like you), I know it will be great!

Rita and Chris said...

Thinking of you guys today! Hope all went well...for all of you!

Rach@In His Hands said...

Gabe is looking oh so big and positively adorable in his first day duds and backpack. Happy First Day!

I'm teary eyed just picturing it all!

Janet said...

Wow! He looks like such a proud big boy here. I love his backpack. I can relate to the proud lump in the throat feeling as they head off to school...they are growing up so fast. Hope things are continuing to go well.

Kala said...

I'm just catching up with the blogs and can't believe how much he has grown. Wow and so handsome!

Kara said...

Sweet little guy. I hope things just get better and better!

Krista said...

I can't wait to hear how the first day went! I'm sure everything went smoothly - for both of you :)