Sam had his very first day of preschool today! We went to an open house on Friday and Sam got to go in to see his classroom and meet his teachers.

A little blurry, but a cute pic of Sam ready to meet the teachers!

He was a little overwhelmed at first but quickly got interested in all the toys.

This morning Ben and I took him in for his first day. Here is our little guy posing before we left the house.

And a family pic (Sam really wanted to bring his new favorite book with him).

Walking to the school:

Posing outside (Sam was annoyed to be taking a pic instead of heading over to the playground):

First impressions:

He seemed fine until we walked out the door and he followed us right out into the hallway. We explained to him that he was staying and that was when he got a little sad. But as soon as we left he settled right in.

It was a little strange being away from him all morning and I was SO excited to pick him up. I peeked in on him through the window and he seemed to be enjoying himself. But as soon as he spotted me he burst into tears! Sam’s teacher, Mrs. Mallory, assured me that he had been a happy guy the whole morning.

She also told me that he didn’t eat his cookie at snack time and just carried it around with him for the rest of the day (and all through lunch!). When we got to the car I asked him a few times if he wanted to eat it but he just said, “nope!” (his new favorite word). After we got home and I took his shoes off, he jumped down from my lap, sat on the bottom step and ate his cookie. I guess he had been waiting till just the right moment to eat it!