MDO - week 1, day 1

Today was the official start of Mother's Day Out. Carter's first day of school and I lost the camera. Sorry no cute pictures of him wearing his backpack and holding his lunch box.

So Carter's first day wasn't great, but not terrible. We arrived to school on time. There were 2 kids sitting and playing nicely on the floor. I'm sorry to report Carter wasn't very welcoming to the idea of joining them. Both teachers pretty much had to pry him off me when it was time for me to go. I immediately turned to leave the building and could hear him crying all the way down the hall. The teachers told me he only cried for 60 seconds. Thank goodness! They also joked that Carter was gracious enough to give them a whopper of a poopie diaper on their first day. Poor ladies! And when it came to lunch he was way more interested in Olivia's food then his own. That wouldn't have been a big deal but Olivia was far to eager to share. I guess next week they are going to put an extra seat between Olivia and Carter to give those two some space. Carter was pretty good with the planned activities but was rather resistant to try new things. They had to bribe him to sit in his lunch seat with a stuffed animal Barney and Carter wouldn't get in the class buggy until he saw all the other kids happily sitting in the seats and enjoying the ride. Of course he spotted the buggy later that day was pretty much insisting to take a ride. He really like painting and was proud to show us his artwork when we picked him up. Carter cried when he saw Kyle and I enter then classroom. I think it was more for show then anything. He didn't necessarily want to go home. He much preferred to stay there and have Mom and Dad play at school with him. He was actually sad when it was time to leave. It will be interesting to see how independent he'll become ofter the next year.