First Day of School

Transition has never been easy for our little man, and we shouldn’t have expected anything different for the first day at Abracadabra. Patrick proudly posed with his backpack on the front porch, but all 3 Thomases ended up in varying degrees of tears not long after. His report card says it all: He didn’t eat his lunch (they served dreaded carrots—how could they?), and the activity he enjoyed most was “holding my blanket and looking at books.” The next day was a bit better. They served chicken nuggets for lunch, Patrick played with a new friend, and told me “I like my school” as we were leaving. When we got home he saw a squirrel in the yard and said “You think that squirrel go to school Mommy?” I said yes, and Patrick said to the squirrel, “your mommy come get you.”