he wasn't as enthusiastic.  I feel ya buddy.  Nobody likes being woken up early.  

I didn't manage to get any pictures of him in his class.  I figured that since it was the first day of school that the teachers would stick to the schedule but I think we were let into class a few minutes later than planned for photo ops.  Plus I was feeling optimistic and ambitious and thought maybe I would go to the gym after drop off.  So I wore my workout clothes to drop off.  

As soon as we walked into his class, he let go of our hands and he was off like a rocket to check out all the cool toys in his classroom.  He did unbelievably well.  I didn't want to just sneak out and tried to say goodbye and that we would be back at two o'clock to pick him back up but I got all choked up and had to run out the door before he saw me do the ugly cry.  J of course handled his goodbye much better, leaving him with a high five.  

I have never been more nervous in my life.  I was jumpy the whole five hours.  Expecting a phone call saying that Nathan just was hysterical and that maybe we needed to pick him up.  But I knew better.  He had two very capable teachers who have been in the biz for almost three decades combined.  Given my short career in child care I would never call a parent because their child was having a rough time and would try and soothe them because they need to adjust to their new surroundings.  I admit.  I kind of got there 30 minutes early for pick up, anticipating that he would be wide eyed and bushy tailed waiting by the door.  But when we walked back into his classroom at two, we found him calmly sitting at his little table munching on some Goldfish and his teacher reported that he did very well.  But the million dollar question...did he nap?  I would have put all my money down in Vegas that there was no way he would take a nap.  But I guess peer pressure works because the teacher said that at first he wanted to get up and walk around.  When he saw the other kids laying down, he followed and drifted off to sleepy town.  Well okay then.  I'm glad my worrying was totally unnecessary.  I'm hoping that this was not just a fluke and that he enjoys and looks forward to going to school.  One more first to check off the list.