The Brown Family Buzz: CHARLOTTE AND JACOB'S FIRST DAY OF....NURSERY SCHOOL

Today we marked two very exciting milestones in Charlotte and Jacob's lives...their first day of nursery school and the first time they were apart from anyone familiar to them for a number of hours! They handled their new found freedom like champs and were so excited to go to school.

Doyle and I delayed our work day so we could walk to school with them. After countless "first day of school" pics on the front steps we set out up the street to Eglinton Public School (Central Eglinton Children's Centre) to Room 108, their home away from home on Tuesday and Thursday mornings until June. They were so proud as they walked with their back packs over their shoulders with Doyle, Claire, Oliver and I walking beside them.

When we arrived at their room they confidently walked in, hung their bag on their hooks, changed their outdoor shoes for their indoor shoes and headed straight for the toys. We followed them so we could give them one last kiss and then we turned away and walked out....just like that the drop off was over. The transition from familiar to not so familiar had occurred and all the while they didn't seem phased at all. No tears or push back. They just walked away and submersed themselves in their new environment.

After we left them behind Claire and Oliver headed out for a walk and Doyle and I headed to work. It was a very surreal feeling. Both Doyle and I looked at each other and said wow...where did the last 2.5 years go...it seemed like just yesterday we were looking in at them through their incubator windows at Sunnybrook and now they are pre-schoolers.

Their time at school couldn't have gone better. Claire said that although they looked tired when she picked them up they couldn't stop talking about all they had done. Charlotte recalled every detail right down to "farting on the potty" and "washing her hands" at the bathroom sink! Jacob was a bit more overwhelmed by the whole thing and had a little cry when he saw her but quickly changed his tune and said he really enjoyed painting and playing. Both were also very excited to tell me all about school when I arrived home from work too!

One of their teachers, Kristin, lives two doors away from us...we saw her when she came home from work and she told me that Jacob and Charlotte had a great first day and that they have such a great disposition! It was very comforting to hear that feedback!

Tomorrow we are going to a welcome BBQ at the school for dinner and they return to their classroom for day two on Thursday.

It is incredibly hard to believe they are pre-schoolers....but both Doyle and I felt very proud of them as we walked out of the school this morning!