First Day of School 2014

On Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, Pearce started school in the 2.5 year old class at Bethany United Methodist Church.  This year he is going on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Tuesday, it's from 9:00-1:00 and Thursday, it's from 9:00-12:00.  I was a little worried about how he would do on Tuesday because we did not get to meet his teacher before school started.  We missed Meet the Teacher because we were in Little Rock.  I just kept talking to him about Ms. Dawn and how nice she is and how much fun he will have at school.  On Tuesday morning, I got Pearce up at 7:45 and he watched a show for a little bit while I got his breakfast and lunch fixed.  Then, he totally shocked me and got dressed with no protests at all, went outside with me so I could take a picture, and then got in the car with absolutely no protests, either...totally unlike him!!!  He talked all the way about Ms. Dawn and asked me to drive faster :)  He kept saying "We there yet?"  We got to school and he walked like such a big boy until we reached the front doors and then he asked me to carry him.  I put BB in his backpack and told him we needed to keep BB in there to keep him safe.  As soon as we got to his classroom, he said he needed BB :)  I gave him BB and then Ms. Dawn greeted us with a big sweet smile.  She talked to us for a while and then Pearce walked in...with his little mouth turned down, but no tears!  When I picked him up at 1:00, he was so excited to see me and Ms. Dawn said he did great!  Pearce told Ms. Dawn bye and Pearce talked and talked the WHOLE way home.  He talked about school and Ms. Dawn and a lot of other random stuff.  I could tell he had a great day!  On Thursday, again, there were no tears at all and BB stayed in Pearce's backpack the whole day.  Ms. Dawn said there were a couple times during the day that Pearce asked for BB, so Ms. Dawn would get it out and let Pearce love on it for a bit and then she would put it back in his backpack :)  Since school gets out early on Thursdays and they don't eat lunch there, I've decided that we will stop at the park and have a lunch picnic on Thursdays.  We met Elizabeth and Brice there and the boys had so much fun playing together and Pearce was definitely worn out by the time we got home.  I'm so thankful Pearce is able to go to Bethany!  It's such a great little school and Pearce has loved since starting last year!

First Day:  2 years, 7 months old

Second Day