{"id":2029,"date":"2009-10-21T09:25:23","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T15:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2009-10-21T15:01:04","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T21:01:04","slug":"first-day-of-pre-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/21\/first-day-of-pre-school\/","title":{"rendered":"First Day of Pre-School"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Brenda and I were both excited and nervous to take the boys to their first day of school. It seems like just yesterday they couldn’t even hold their own bottle and now they’re going to school 3 days a week for full days. <\/p>\n

<\/a>We thought maybe they would cry when we left, but they did not. They didn’t even realize we left. <\/p>\n

We thought they would have trouble eating there without high chairs and with a group of kids, but they did great. <\/p>\n

We thought they would both have trouble taking naps at a place that was unfamiliar, but they both slept close to 90 minutes. <\/p>\n

We thought being surrounded by strangers would be hard for them, but they seemed to just go with the flow and get along with both the adults and kids. <\/p>\n

<\/a>So while it was hard to leave them because it was hard to admit how fast they were growing up, we knew it was the right thing to do. At the end of the day when we picked them up they were happy, exhausted and ready to come home. <\/p>\n

<\/a>It’s great to know that they’re getting the things they need most right now, and as time goes on I think we’ll see the benefits.<\/p>\n

More photos on SmugMug.<\/a><\/p>\n


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