Well, Natalie's second day of preschool last week went a tiny bit better than the first, I think. She still cried at drop-off but perhaps not ear-splitting. She even wore her red school t-shirt, and almost seemed proud of it later in the day. They did have a teddy bear picnic, with bears brought from home, so I think that helped.
Liam is enjoying Kindergarten, but I think we made an error in judgement today. After the first 2 weeks, parents are able to stop by and eat lunch with their kid in the cafeteria. Just a day past the 2 week mark, Jim decided to go for a visit. It was apparently a little too soon to mess with the new routine. Liam enjoyed seeing him for lunch, but when it was over he had tears rolling down his cheeks. I was a little surprised, since I haven't seen him shed tears over school so far. Maybe it was just too much of a reminder of the life that is going on without him while he is in school. Maybe it was just an emotional day after getting in bed too late last night. When Liam got home he made Jim promise (about 10 times- no joke) that he would NOT come to lunch again for a long time. He said he will let us know when we are allowed to visit. :-)
In less emotional, but no less disturbing, news, we caught Liam dancing the Macarena before dinner. He was very matter of fact that of course he knows how to dance the Macarena. He learned it in school. Of course. I think they do some dances while singing songs about counting, so I asked if there is a "Number Song" that goes with the dance. He said "No. Just the dance." I could see Jim's raised eyebrows...but it was very cute. I immediately looked up Macarena on YouTube to show him videos of people doing the Macarena to the actual song, and he was very impressed (although he did critique their style).
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