Preschool

Preschool has been going better for Will this year since his friend Caleb is in his class.  Will looks forward to playing with him so it distracts him from thinking about me not being there, though he still asks for me to wait outside the door or in the car.  He also seems to be enjoying it more because he is more willing to talk about what he did during the day.  A couple weeks ago when I picked him up we talked about his day during the ride home.  Then when we sat down for lunch I asked him a few more questions about what they did.  He seemed to be ok with talking about it so I went on to ask if they read any books.  He told me they read a book about a talking crayon so I asked what happened in the story (mostly to see if he retained any of it).  I guess by that time he had had enough of my questions because he said "Mommy, you should have just stayed there!"

The next week I took his advice and left early to pick him up so I would have some time to watch what was going on without him knowing I was there.  They were playing outside and I watched him ride the seesaw with a little girl then play in the sandbox.  During lunch that day we were talking about school and I asked who he was riding the seesaw with.  It was at this point that I realized the extent of my son's fascination with Thomas the Train.  In response to my question Will said "I was riding with Emily.  But she's not a train - she's a kid."  (For those of you not fortunate enough to watch Thomas each Saturday morning - Emily is one of the engines on the show.)