It was 7:00am on Friday, and I was feeling confidently prepared and ahead of schedule getting Jack ready for first morning of preschool, when all of a sudden the dark, ominous skies outside worsened, the skies opened up, and after some terrible winds and a few flickers of the lights........darkness. Sitting in a pitch black bathroom floor with Jack on the toilet and Stella now lost in the darkness somewhere, my super mom confidence shifted a bit. Luckily it didn't take very long to locate Stella (about 2 seconds), her screaming really helped me to find her quite quickly, and Daddy came up with flashlights and we made our way downstairs where there was a little more light. We continued on with our morning breakfast lit with the light of the flashlights, cereal and bananas were now on the menu, thank god I had already brewed my morning coffee! The storm passed, we managed to finish getting ready and headed off to preschool, determined for Jack to have a great first day! We arrived at the school early and as we headed in we were greeted by a few teachers outside informing us that they too had no power and we were to wait around to see if they would be able to conduct classes as planned. Jack was pretty much oblivious to all that was going on, and just stuck in a "I'm so excited for my first day of school cloud." It would've broken my heart to tell him that after all these months of waiting he might not have school today. Thankfully the teachers decided to let the students into their classrooms to play even though there was no power and Jack's first day in his mind, to my best judgement, was all he imagined it would be.......playing trains and cars, yellow play dough, and a snack of juice
and water and graham crackers with his friends at the round table. Jack was so proud to wear his backpack and did so great on his first day, he can't wait to go back. We are so proud of him and the great little boy the he is evolving into!
