Preschool!

Miles started preschool this morning! It's about 5 minutes away from the house and lots of kids from nursery are in his class. So I think it's going to be fun!

While we got ready to go this morning Miles was pumped. What, he wanted to know, was his teacher's name? How many kids will he play with? What kind of snacks will they eat? And then he asked, "Is it scary?"

I paused at this and thought about how to answer. No, but sometimes doing something new can seem scary. I told him the story of how I left for college on an airplane "all by myself" and I was really excited, but once I got on the airplane I was really nervous. I ended by saying something to the effect of "but doing stuff that might seem scary at first can turn out to be great!" At this point I don't think he was listening anymore. He was too busy trying to work the zipper on his backpack.

When we got there he left my side almost too quickly for me! He didn't even look at me. I brought my camera, ready to take a picture of the "momentous" occasion, but the room was crowded, Miles was happily playing and oblivious to my presence, and I felt like if I stood there for too long I'd be in the way. So I left without a picture. But I'll keep the picture in my head as long as I can. Miles, with his spiderman backpack and red shirt happy and excited to be a big boy at "school." Right before I left I glanced back at him one last time. He was playing with the toy cars. Go figure. That's so Miles.