First Day of Day Care

Nathan went to day care for the first time today!


No, this isn't what he wore to daycare but Mommy was running late so I didn't get a picture. He didn't go for a full day today. The first few days are going to be short days so he can get used to it.

He went in gleefully enough and started playing with the toys and totally ignored us so we left. A little later I called to check on him and heard that he was "fussy but we gave him a toy and he calmed down." That translates to me that he was whining which has been his favorite form of communication during the past week.


When we came to pick him up he was still napping and he was the only child still napping. The worker said he wouldn't nap but sat on her lap and "made noises but didn't cry". I took that as the polite way of telling me that he whined. One cute little girl named Jayla realized that Nathan was the topic of our conversation so he went over and woke him up for us by throwing a Shrek doll at him. That did the trick and he woke up crying but he was very happy to see us. The whining soon started (it's a two-year old thing I guess) but the worker offered him some graham crackers and he became happy enough.

The worker said this little girl Jayla was infatuated with Nathan and followed him everywhere. While we were there she kept bringing him toys to play with. His response was to duck his head and emit a loud whiney "EEEENNNHHHHH!!" at her. In a little while he should be better about making friends...at least we hope so!



We are glad his first day went well and hopefully he will really start to enjoy "school" as we call it. I talked about going to school a lot so maybe he won't be surprised to go again tomorrow.

These pictures are of Nathan playing in his pajamas before bed. He has grown a lot the last couple of months and is looking like such a big boy!

The last picture is Ron holding one of the new puppies.