School update - Week 2

Joey is starting to enjoy school a bit more this week...well, at least he's not crying as much as before! Here's a quick recap:

Monday
Four days away from school must have wiped out his memory of the prior week because he was still pretty happy on the car ride and even did a great job of walking into the school on his own. It was once we walked through the doors when he immediately turned to me and wanted to be held. The drop-off was predictably miserable as the big tears started rolling down his face as soon as we put him in his chair. I called the school twice that day to check in on him. The first time was around 10:00 and the teacher said his crying had turned into a slight whimpering. My second call was around lunchtime and this time the teacher told me it was two thumbs up and that he was quietly enjoying his food.

The comment card in his backpack for that day read:
Lunch...I ate everything
Disposition...Inquisitive
I liked...Barney books
Additional comments...Joey had a better day

Wednesday
By this day Joey recognized the school as soon as we turned into the parking lot. He was a bit hesitant about getting out of the car and demanded to be carried into the school. The drop-off was awful as he started crying as soon as the teacher poked her head out the door to say hello. Again it was huge teardrops, an angry red face and the crazy rolling R thing in the back of his throat (like he's speaking Spanish) that Joey does when he's really mad. I did not call to check in on him but at pick-up the teacher said that he stopped crying shortly after drop-off and that playing outside and playing with trucks in the room kept him busy all day.

The comment card in his backpack for that day read:
Lunch...I ate everything
Disposition...Inquisitive (still wondering what they mean by that)
I liked...outside
Additional comments...Had a good day

So we will just keep on keepin' on until that blissful day when Joey gleefully rushes into his classroom in such a hurry that he forgets to give mommy a goodbye kiss. I'm just thankful that we got Joey into school now so that he hopefully gets into a good routine before his little brother arrives (will post update on baby #2 later this week).