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Special Exposure Wednesday: First Day of Preschool

Sean, age 2 1/2
Sean was very aware of his two older brothers starting school last week. He was not sad to see his brothers go as much as he wished he could be going to school as well.

On Friday, the day set for him to start preschool, I made sure to remind him that he would be going to school that day. Sean's response, "My turn!"

When I dropped him off, he walked ahead of me, never looked back and was not happy to leave four hours later at pickup time. He is the independent one, I should have seen it coming.


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  1. UnknownSeptember 15, 2010 at 11:02 AM

    That's very sweet. I love it when they embrace change so readily! (That doesn't happen much with my kids, so I savour it when it does)

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  2. Michelle R. SlapeSeptember 15, 2010 at 12:23 PM

    He is precious!

    That is great that he loved school!

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  3. JohnnaSeptember 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM

    Adorable picture. Hope he has a wonderful year!

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  4. MaggieMaeSeptember 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM

    Don't you just LOVE their independence... and doesn't it just make you want to run and hug them one more time before they disappear. He's beautiful!

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2010 at 4:47 PM

    So sweet- glad he had a good time there!

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  6. MichelleSeptember 15, 2010 at 8:59 PM

    What a cutie! Sounds like he's going to love going to school!

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