preschool

it's so hard to believe that today was hudson's very first day of preschool.  we've been talking and talking with him about this day in preparation and it finally happened.  he was SO excited to go to "RiverberTree", as it calls it (our church is actually "RiverTree", isn't that hilarious!?!?).  Here are a couple shots of our not-so-little boy's official first day of school.  

   

He did AMAZING and loved every minute of it!!  I think it really helps that it is at our church because he was familiar with the environment and went right in feeling confident and comfortable.  His teachers are so very nice and they said that he was wonderful and seemed to really enjoy himself.   When we picked him up, he gave us a play-by-play of all the fun things they did and he even named a couple "friends" he had made in his class.  we can already tell he's going to grow and learn so much!

Okay, we've always heard that it's really hard to leave your child in the "hands" of someone else (especially like this for the very first day of school), and that is VERY true, but I must say that when we saw this beautiful prayer come home in his backpack, oh my, it made all the world of a difference!  This is a prayer that the his teachers wrote in the newsletter that was sent home: 

"Dear Lord, We dedicate this room to you.  May You bless the children, families, and teachers and all who enter.  May your love, mercy, faithfulness and joy anoint this place and fill our hearts.  We bring these children to You, watch over them and protect them and may they grow in knowing You as their personal Lord and Savior.  Thank you for each and every child and their family and may this be a year of increase knowledge, growth and faith.  Amen"

Wow!  That puts into into perspective, doesn't it?!?  Now, we did good all day and there were no tears shed on hudson or on our part, but that about put us over the edge!  This will certainly be a great year for hudson and we can't wait to share more with about how he's learning and growing!