Tot Lot

Tomorrow is Isaac's last day of preschooler day camp. For two weeks now, he has spent each weekday morning running, climbing, playing games, reading stories, singing songs, and making crafts with about a dozen other kids his age and three counselors. He seems to have enjoyed himself quite a bit. At first he was a little fussy when I would drop him off, but no more. He especially enjoyed the novelty of having Meemaw take him to camp. He introduced her to his teachers straightaway: "Guys, this is my Meemaw. She's from Indianapolis."

My favorite part is that he has learned all kinds of cool games that are not quite as fun to play unless you have a great many friends involved, like Red Light, Green Light, Ghost in the Graveyard, and Duck Duck Goose. He has also strayed away from our beloved Backyardigans song catalog to learn some great preschool standbys that I had forgotten about, like "B-I-N-G-O" and "The Green Grass Grew All Around". When he comes home singing a new song, we download it from iTunes so Mommy and Jake can commit it to memory, too.

I was worried that Isaac's fun might be tempered by the fact that he didn't really know anyone at first in his Tot Lot session. We forgot how small our town really feels. In Isaac's Tot Lot there are two kids from playgroup, as well as a very nice girl who is the daughter of the freelance writer that interviewed me long ago for a newspaper article about mommy-blogging. Next year, Tot Lot will seem much more familiar, as Isaac and Jacob will be the right ages to go together.