Skoo

Benjamin's first day at Nursery (or as he says it "skoo")was September 4th.  He is going part time (3 days/week) to The Irish School here in Maadi.

Big boy backpack and lunch box needed for school

So far so good.  I went with him on his first day and stayed with him the whole time.  He started playing in the garden (outside on the swings and playground for my American peeps) and then at 9 am the classes seperated and he went inside.  He was very excited to be in his classroom.  They have books, puzzles and all kinds of things for him to play with.  We left around 11am and headed back home.  He was asleep in his stroller within 5 minutes of the ride home.

Today was a new phase in the introduction to nursery.  Sara came with me so that the staff would know her in case she needed to drop him off or pick him up.  We only stayed until it looked as though he was comfortable without us.  Benjamin was on the swings.  He couldn't of been more comfortable.  My man loves a swing.

awwww yea, they have cars to play with

On the swing with his teacher.  The girl to his left with the blonde hair has the cutest Irish accent.

I picked him up at 11 am and got the report.  His teacher told me that he cried a lot when he saw that we were gone.  Then he slept- slept!  This is the child that will not sleep if there are a lot of things going on around him.  He woke up, realized he was still at school, and started having a great time.  He was on the swings when I picked him up.  I asked him if he wanted to go, and of course I got a "no".

Playground at Benjamin's school, perfect size too

He stayed all day (9am-2pm) on the third day of his first week.  He did great, had a great time and suprise!  we went to play at Bennett's house because they were back from going to the US. 

Benjamin was sick for the past week, so today (Sept 18) was his first day back.  He did great and had a good day.

My two sick guys taking naps.  Mom took this picture while running a 101 fever...fun weekend for all!