Kids excited about school?!

Is this a dream?
It can't be? Did I make my kids so miserable this summer that they are excited about starting school next week? Yes! And I'm excited too...YAY!.
We visited Mac's classroom Tuesday and meet his teacher. He'll be in pre-K in his sister's school and, more specifically, he'll be in her former first grade classroom. The two teachers have sent us a letter and Mac his own postcard to introduce themselves. (Very nice touch!)
The classroom is festooned with primary colors and bright numbers. There is a puppet house, a sand table and a lot of other fun touches. He is very excited and the visit before school started was a wise move. The teachers were setting up, looking for reasons to take breaks and happy to meet a new student. It is the first year the school is offering pre-K classes.
Veronica also has a new teacher at St. Mary this year and we had a chance to meet her--without the mad crush of parents meeting her for the first time. Veronica was able to see who will be in her class and where she will be seated. It is fun to recognize the names and get warmed up for another school year.
We wandered the hallway then went to check out the new pre-K playground. All three played and had a blast.

Then they went to have their new school haircuts at Fantasy Hair Land (4609 Wrightsville). If you haven't been there, they rock for young kids. We felt as if we had discovered a local secret when we found them in their old location. It's one of those places that has space ships, fire trucks and other places for kids to sit while they have their hair cut. After a haircut, girls get their nails painted.
It's now located where the Puppy Palace on Wrightsville and College (kind of behind the Ted's Exxon station and another bonus since kids can watch the puppies through a window while they get their hair cut).
The kids have been begging for haircuts for a couple weeks. Glad that whining battle is over.