Off to "school"

The kids just finished their second week of "school" and things are going great! We enrolled them in a "Morning Instruction" or "Mother's Day Out" program. They go Monday thru Friday from 9m to 1pm. I think it's going to be really good for them to socialize with other kids and they do arts & crafts (like fingerpainting) that I have not allowed them to do at home.
Every day the teachers send home a "Daily Report" to let us know how the day went.
The report lets me know how they felt (happy, sad, playful, tired, grumpy, energetic, under the weather, strong-willed, and aggressive).
They have gotten "happy" and "playful" everyday and sometimes Jackson gets "energetic".
The next section tells us what they played with that day (art, music, books, blocks, homeliving, outside, sand/water table, and for Jackson they have added a new category - TRAINS)
Isabel usually gets all categories circled and Jackson likes the trains every day but has yet to embrace art. His teachers say he wont have anything to do with the paint but he does use the crayons. (I LOVE all the art work they send home every day!!!!!!)
Next is lunch. They let us know what they ate and if they ate all of it, most of it, some of it, or the "I was not hungry today" (Jackson got a couple of those in the first few days). We get a menu every month with the meal plan which really helps us with Jackson & all the crazy food allergies we must deal with. We send him lunch and snacks more than half the week but I want both of them to try things we may not serve at home. I don't want them to be such picky eaters.
Next they have "Circle time" where the teachers read to them and they practice colors, shapes, nursery rhymes etc.
I'm extremely happy with the teachers. There are 2 teachers for up to 8 kids so a great ratio.
I (of course) took pictures on the first day starting in our driveway and lastly in their room.
On the first day Jackson was acting very brave and Iz was clinging to her Daddy. For the next week or so Jackson would cry when we dropped him off but we were told that once he saw the trains and trucks or they hit the playground he was fine. By the end of the second week he was hanging his backpack on a hook and running into the room giving his teachers a hug. Isabel has yet to cry so she has been a "big girl".
The biggest perk for Kevin and I has been the 3 -4 hours in the mornings to get some things done around the house or a trip to Target without pushing 2 kiddos around. Love it!


Here are the pictures from Day 1: