Connor's First Day of Preschool 3

So we really didn't have intentions on putting Connor in preschool right now, especially since we are only going to be in Khobar for the next couple of months.  However, after being here only a week it became increasingly clear that he was missing being with other kids.  Even though I wanted to have him all to myself before Jameson joins our family, I knew that letting him go somewhere for a few hours a day was what was best for him.  It turned out to be a lot harder to find somewhere for him to go than I thought it would be.  For starters, by the time we got here school had already started so just about everywhere I called was full.  The first place we looked at was recommended by one of Harry's coworkers.  When we told Connor that the class was full and they couldn't take anymore students he said, "Well I can just stand up in the back of the room!"  If that's not a kid desperate to go to school I don't know what is!  After many phone calls, I finally found a preschool that is only in its second year of operation.  Since it's new it's not well known and they had a few spots still available.  Connor and I went there for a visit and we decided to sign him up.  It was on a Thursday afternoon (Saudi Friday) so he would be able to start fresh Sunday morning (Saudi Monday).

The next day we found a lunch bag for him.  He wore it all around the store and pretty much all around the house for the entire weekend.  It has the cartoon character Ben 10 on it and he is so proud to wear it!

Saturday night he helped make his lunch!

  
Finally the big day had arrived and we didn't have any trouble getting him up.

The muscle check was his pose of choice for most of the morning.  We didn't tell him to do this...he just did it!

He's getting a little annoyed with all the pictures!

Muscle checks all morning!

Really annoyed with us taking a picture of everything he did ;)

It's finally time to go!

We are on our way!  We have the same driver, Prajeesh, everyday.  He goes Sunday - Thursday from 8:00 - 12:00 so I spend most of the morning bringing him back and forth.  The school is not far from our compound, but by the time I get back home I only have a few hours to kill before Prajeesh is back and we are on our way to pick him up.  It's a little hectic, but he loves going so it's okay.  The best thing about this school is that they have a daycare option after 12:00 so he can stay later if I need him to. 

He had a great first week!  They learned about the color red, circles, and how to draw straight lines.  Of course, he used a green color to draw all of his lines!  The kids are split up into two groups according to their age and each group has a teacher and an assistant.  There are only seven other kids in his group so they each get lots of one on one time with the teacher.  Several different nationalities make up the class so it's a little difficult for him to remember the names of the kids that he made friends with.  The only one he really talks about is Abooshi (not exactly sure if that's the correct spelling).  The first day he talked about him, Connor said he spoke Spanish, but since then he has told us that Abooshi speaks Japanese.  Who knows where Abooshi is from!

 

I never thought my coconut would be starting school in Saudi Arabia, but here we are!  Fingers crossed that we can find a place he likes just as much once we move to Jubail!