In which Evan (almost) goes to school

Evan told me yesterday morning that he was "so excited" to go to his new school. I told him that the day was tomorrow (today) ; he said, "I know that."

It's new because it's at the school where he will go to kindergarten in the fall, but he's in the summer not-quite-school program. He'll get the ususal daycare things, with enrichment in the form of technology and reading classes and field trips. There is curruculum, but not as much as the regular school session.

Facing a new routine of lunches, field trips and swimming outings, we needed supplies - lunch foods and snack foods, a insulated lunch bag, Blue Ice. Last night found us laden with single-serve milk, yogurt, small bottles of water, Jell-O, carrot sticks, pudding, Scooby snacks, and goldfish. I organized the collection into piles - sandwich, fruit/vegetable, yogurt, crackers, and desert. He got to choose one from each pile. He choose a grape jelly and peanut butter sandwich, applesauce, yogurt, Scooby snacks and pudding. I included two drink aseptics, white milk and chocolate Silk. And a cereal bar for morning snack.

It looked like a lot of pre-packaged, marginally-healthy stuff.

We are as usual somewhat unprepared. Evan's grandma has ordered him lunch things - a Spiderman lunch box and all the accoutrement to fill it. It's just not here yet. We figure that when we have things to put stuff in, that much of the pre-packaged stuff might go away. Of course, that would mean that would depend upon Evan remembering to replace the containers in the lunch box, to bring it home, and then getting it all washed and re-packed for tomorrow. Maybe pre-packaged, marginally-healthy stuff isn't such a bad idea.