Hadrien's First Day In School

We decided to send Hadrien to Toddlers Unlimited for the remainder of the school year. He's starting a year earlier than Baz (Baz first went when he was 3 1/2), but the reason we're starting him sooner is partly because Hadrien has been to Toddlers so many times that he's been insistent on "going to school."

Getting ready for school

His familiarity with the school showed on his first day today. No signs of tentativeness or hesitation, he was in the Yellow Room and playing with the toys within moments. He didn't want the door closed, though, and wanted me and Malou there, watching him, until Teachers Weng and Maica distracted him, allowing us to slip out unobserved.

Checking out today's lesson

Yellow Room here I come!


But we continued to watch him through the observation windows. He played nice with the other kids, and was mostly focused cooking "donuts" on the kitchen playset in the room.





Malou and I had to leave before lunch, but later we learned from Yaya Dora that Hadrien (a) had eaten lunch i.e rice and meat, during "snack" time; (b) had taken his sweet time while eating, such that all the other kids had finished and proceeded to Story Time (Hadrien: "I want to eat some more!"); (c) was shouting his comments to the teacher and his classmates on the book being read, while still seated at the lunch table. The book for the day was, coincidentally enough, Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which Hadrien has mastered. Hence the numerous side comments; e.g. when they book came to the part about the "big, fat caterpillar," Hadrien goes, "Like Kuya Baz!"



He also had a crying moment, looking for his Mommy and me, but was assuaged by lunch and the book. Later, when we asked him how his day went, the first thing he said was, "I cried." Why, we asked. "Because I was looking for Daddy and Mommy."

All in all, though, he enjoyed his First Day In School. He's raring to go back on Thursday!