orientation

We have been busy, or perhaps deliberately unbusy, this week preparing for preschool orientation.

Here is a photo of me yesterday arriving for my first session of orientation. Since I was excited about going, we got there early. too early. We sat in the office to wait (they have a nice selection of books) and when my assistant teacher came in to introduce herself and take me to the classroom, I greeted her with a hug so big that tears popped out of her eyes. She was wearing a fancy giraffe skirt (not cheesy giraffe print but pink silkscreened giraffes). While we talked, I had to make sure she knows that I am a fast runner and I have the fastest shoes in the world.

The orientation itself went well. Really, I'd say it was uneventful. I am ready to be back in school so I was delighted to be there. (The boy before me was quite shy and the boy after me cried.) I had missed my Montessori work during the summer.

In yesterday's orientation, I got a lesson with materials I have never worked with before. In today's orientation, I got to work with the barn I have been obsessed with since my first visit to the campus back in June.

My first real day of school is next Wednesday. Now we just have to finish adjusting my sleep schedule. We have dropped the nap and I now go to bed as close to 7:00pm as possible. Once I am completely ready to be awake and alert all afternoon, I will be able to stay at school full day. For now, I will go home at noon - and probably be annoyingly cranky as I struggle to stay awake.

I have a package coming in the mail tomorrow. Trinity sewed me a few items that I need for school. I will be up at 4:00am waiting for my mailman.