First day of school and quite the imagination!

Today was B's first day of his second year in preschool. He has been ready to go back since the day the school year ended. He has been talking about school and seeing his friend, Landon, for a couple of weeks now. Today was the day! He couldn't have been more excited! When we got there, he was able to take a peek at his new room before heading off to what I call the staging area (the place kids go when they are dropped off before the actual preschool program starts). He greeted his old teacher, and then he saw him. Landon! He ditched me like a bad habit. I tried to get him to wave goodbye. Nothing. At least the teacher said goodbye to me. When I picked him up, he fell into the same reporting routine:

Me: "How was your day?"
B: "Good."
Me: "What did you do today?
B: "Played with Landon."
Me: "Did you have a snack?"
B: "Yes. Graham crackers."
Me: "Did you color or draw today?"
B: "No, I played with playdough. Mrs. Carlson never had playdough in her room." (This was great because he told me what he actually did. Usually he just answers my questions.)
Me: "Did Mrs. Houlihan read any stories?"
B: "I can't remember."

I think that it was a great day, overall! Later in the afternoon, during his supposed "rest time," B came out of his room to show me his, "Gravity-take-awayer-super-power-giver-backer." I had to get a picture of it and actually write down the name of this "tool" so that I wouldn't forget it. Apparently, Landon and Jack (at school) gave him the tools he needed to build it. I wish I could have been a fly on that wall! Anyway, he immediately gave me a tutorial on how to use it. He was excited to show it to E this afternoon. E was scared. B was bummed that E lacked the enthusiasm that he had for his new contraption. He put it down and they moved on to more important things. Like trucks.