Eli is starting preschool! (preK open house photos)

The last "first" for us - our littlest, Eli, is starting preschool on Tuesday, Aug 25.  I took him and the other kids to visit his classroom open house and deliver all his school supplies.  He loved the classroom!  He was attracted to the trains and the fish.

He had a hard time letting go of the watercolor paint set we brought for a school supply.  We'd just shopped for them that morning and he held the watercolor paint set during the whole trip to Walmart and he knew they were for his school.  He was pretty concerned when we had to put the paints and all the rest of the preK school supplies on the table at drop off that night.

I did let him use the watercolors to paint something when we got home that evening so he could use watercolor paints.  He created something worth saving too, so that was fun.

His teacher this year is Mrs. Blough who has been a teacher there since 2009.  She's seen our kids in and out of the preK for years and Eli is the first in our family she gets to teach so she's super excited!

he had to let go of those paints, the hardest part of the night

there is a fishy in there.  He noted the mesh over the top of the tank and said "can I touch the jump-o-line?"

He found his name!  Eli seems to be a popular name among his age group so I'm glad he's the only one in the class.

trains! He sometimes calls them "ding dings".

and he's in love...trucks galore...

Dena Blough and Eli

found his name by a hook for his backpack

painting at home with things we had at home - he loved this part