School

We're getting into the groove with the new school schedule. While Gulliver still cries a little bit when I drop him off (although it's never until after I've already left), it gets shorter every time. This week was only 5 minutes.

Every time we pass his school, he gets all excited and shouts out "School! School!" When I ask him where he goes to school, he says, "Yil Red Schoo How-wess." When he goes down for bed on Monday nights, I tell him, "Tomorrow is Tuesday, which means you will go to school in the morning." The first word out of his mouth when he wakes up is "school." When I pick him up at 1:00, his shirt is filthy, his cheeks are bright pink, and he is all sweaty.

He plays hard. Lately, he has been crying because he doesn't want to come home.

I've noticed recently that he is playing much more independently at home than he has in the past. I have to assume that school may be contributing to this.  He just seems more grown up.

Even though I was hesitant to start him in school at such a young age, it's been a really good experience so far.