Reger Family Blessings: Eli's First Day of Preschool!

Today was Eli's first day of preschool and boy was he excited! He has been looking forward to this day for quite a few months and he woke up ready to go! I was a little more apprehensive about it. I knew he would do great but I wasn't sure how I would do without him. He has never been away from me unless he was with family so this was very new for us.

I took the day off so that I could take him and pick him up for his first day. There is no way I could miss out on this HUGE milestone. Eli got up at 7:00 and was ready to go. He usually likes to lounge around for a little while before he has breakfast and gets dressed but this morning he got dressed right away and then asked for breakfast. After he finished his breakfast he got his shoes and backpack on and said he was ready to go, but we still had an hour before we needed to go. That gave me lots of time for some pictures!

I took the day off from babysitting so that I could take Eli to his first day. Mike's mom came over to stay with Jude and Isabel so that Mike and I could have some special time with Eli. He was jumping up and down when we got there he was so excited. We went down to his classroom, he hung up his backpack, took a picture with his teacher, gave us quick hugs, and then went into his classroom. I can't deny there were a few tears but I am just so proud of him and I can't believe my baby boy is big enough to go to school.

We were all excited to go get him! Jude was excited that he got to go this time! As his teacher brought him out to us she said he had a great day and that he got to be the teacher's helper today. He told us that meant that he got to hold the flag! He was beaming from ear to ear as he told us about his day! He said they got to paint a picture of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, they played outside, they had popsicles, and it was lots and lots of fun! He said it was the best day ever and I couldn't be happier for him! I know he is going to do great!