Milestone

Rooke started preschool this past week!  Whoa.  This was a big milestone for us.  The British government will pay for children over the age of 3 to go to preschool for 15 hours a week.  There is a great little preschool on the campus of the primary school in our neighborhood just a five minute walk away.  I decided Rooke (and I) could handle two mornings a week to start with and we'll just take it from there.  I took these shots on the first morning before walking to school (my mom always took our first day of school pictures in front of the door - anyone else?!).  Everyone was happy and excited at that point.  But you'll notice these are the only shots I got.  There were lots of tears (maybe from more than one person) and a bit of screaming until Mom left.  I was the problem.  I stood outside the door for all of 30 seconds to hear him completely calm down after I was out of the picture.  And that was it.  We've had no tears and just fun since that short-lived initial meltdown.  I'm still not sure how I feel about Rooke earning his big-boy-preschool-badge.  Has it really been 3 1/2 years?