Tonight we went to a “Welcome Back” picnic at Lex’s new school. The school has 14 classes, grades Pre-K through 5th. There was a good sized crowd! Based on the first letter of our last name we were assigned to bring a dessert (my favorite thing to make!). I chose cookies and Lex chose chocolate, so we made Chocolate Chocolate Chip cookies. :) Yum!!
My first school contribution
When we got to the school Lex was pretty overwhelmed. He wouldn’t get out of the car and I ended up carrying him from the car to the field and around for a few minutes. I introduced myself to the principal (Lex hid his face) and he introduced us to the Pre-K teacher (Lex buried his face in my chest and cried) and then we sat down for a little while to just observe. Eve ran around and had a blast with Alan tagging along behind her. After awhile I was able to get Lex calmed down and sitting up to just look around. Then three hot air balloons came over the horizon. They were beautiful!
Hot air balloons at the "Welcome Back" picnic
After a bit we decided to go into the school to find the bathrooms. Then Alan and Lex went for a walk to see the balloons (not sure if they ever got there!) and Eve and I played. I tried to strike up conversations with parents who were with 4yr old looking kids :) I ended up meeting two moms, both with girls in Lex’s class (Bella and Aurora… did Lex get put in the princess class?). When Alan and Lex got back we sat down to eat a picnic dinner. Alan enjoyed the BBQ and the kids and I ate chips and cookies. Sadly the salads and more healthy things were mostly gone by the time we got there. Oh well. While we ate Alan and Lex filled me in on their adventures. Apparently they went back into the school and the Pre-K teacher let them check out the classroom. Lex saw his cubie and told the teacher about his new green backpack. I think that was super helpful because after that Lex was so much more relaxed. We ended the evening with him and Eve running around, playing with other kids (even a girl from his class!) and having a great time! Yay! Of course he cried when it was time to leave, at 8:30pm. One of Lex’s strengths is that he really likes to be wherever he is. It makes transitions harder, but in general he’s very happy wherever he is. Hopefully he can hang on to the memory until Wednesday when we go back for the Pre-K open house and Thursday, his first day on his own!