Monday...first day of preschool! Kind of. Just 3o minutes with Nina and I there hanging out. He was fine; I was nervous. Not feeling all warm and fuzzy but hopefully it's just my nerves. I'm so afraid that they won't realize how special my child is. All the other kids seemed like zombies, where was the spark? Will Kai lose some of his spark in that setting? He was climbing the trees and he was in the mood to jump over every gate rather than walk through...yeah, he woke up with an attitude on monday. They didn't notice though.
Tuesday - today, our second day, Kai walked in and sniffed and wrinkled up his nose at the smell of an elementary school cafeteria. However, at this school the former Sac Coop employee drives up in her little moped with her daily purchase of organic fruits, veggies, and dairy, a cute woman with tattoos and piercings. He thought pee-ew but luckily said nothing. Today he spent our 1/2 hour inside, and it's amazing to see how he independently moves area to area, but gets into a groove immediately with other kids. He served himself a snack - poured himself juice and grabbed handfuls of goldfish, and was quite proud. A little girl asked him to write his name, then when he paused for a sec she offered to write a K for him. It was real cute. He loved that and kept talking about it. "Yeah. Yeah. We were nice to each other. Me and that girl, yeah. Yeah."
Went to B&N storytime after and darn it, Mr. Steve wasn't there, just a poor young girl with no talent for corraling preschoolers who were running all over the place. Kai read, and read, and read. Halloween, Shel Silverstein, Backyardigans books...
Then, the highlight, SOCCER! He was the only kid registered in his class so Kai with two coaches - now he knows the world DOES revolve around him! Yes! Kai stayed on for the next class, in which a little 4-year-old boy Roman and Ivy, 2.5, enjoyed running around together. The coach was awesome, and Kai had so much fun. Played in the playground after and then took my sweaty-headed kids to Jamba Juice for a delicious citrusy smoothie. Nina had her own and devoured it; I couldn't take any of it away without a blood curdling scream.
Came home to find a resident's spouse on our doorstep chatting with Nate; she knew we lived just a block down from her and she brought her 14-month-old daughter - Kaia! - to visit. She was really nice, hopefully we'll be friends.
Nina fell asleep on Nate's lap in the living room with all lights on tonight. Kai played with us after she dropped down; he's still obsessed with role play, tonight we once again played Cars. He dropped quickly after the torso-twisting, leg curling, buttocks in the air, try-for-an-hour poop.
Four moons.