Preschool!!

We did it!! We finally signed Nicholas up for preschool!! (It's actually just a 2-morning per week Mother's Day Out program that doesn't start up until September, but it's a big step for us!!!) Nicholas enjoyed visiting the little school and was longingly staring at all the little 2 year-olds on the playground while he screamed "PLAY!! PLAY!!" It's a church preschool, so we also visited the 3 year-olds while they were in the chapel. They were singing the ending of a cute little song when we walked in, so of course, Nicholas loudly questions, "Happened?!", when the singing stops. Then, once I tell him that the kids are finished singing and are learning about ashes now, he starts loudly chanting "Ashes! Ashes!" (I was holding him, thankfully, so he didn't get his grand Fall Down finale to Ring Around the Roses.) Luckily, his loud, echoing antics did not appear to disturb the other kids, but we did get the teachers to turn around. So, all in all, I think Nicholas will have a pretty good time in preschool!! :o) At least I hope so...

On a different note, Nicholas did an amazing thing today!! He was playing with sticks next to a little girl who was also playing with sticks. One of Nicholas's sticks was magically flung into the air and the little girl retrieved it. Her mommy told her to give it back to Nicholas, which she did very nicely. Nicholas took the stick back, smiled, and said, "Thank You!" I was in the middle of speaking a sentence when my jaw hit the ground!!! I still have no idea what I was saying...I couldn't believe that Nicholas said "thank you" without prompting!!!! :o) What a sweet little boy!!! :o)