The morning started out with her taking 45 minutes to eat her breakfast of yogurt, 1/2 a bagel, and milk (typical). OMG. Luckily, all her stuff was ready to go from yesterday's packing, so we just put on shoes and drove to school.
I didn't realize it would only take just under 10 minutes to drive there, so we were early. That gave us a chance to hang out in front of her classroom, meet some other students, and let her get comfortable in the environment. When the classroom opened, she went right in, plopped herself down in front of a dollhouse, and was on her merry way! I signed her in, put her backpack in her cubby, put her water bottle on the counter, and then went to say goodbye to her. I called her over to me and L was so annoyed that I interrupted her dollhouse playing! I told her where her water bottle was, that E and I were leaving (E was super interested in a toy baby crib in the room), and that I'd be back to get her around lunch time. She gave me a kiss, said "bye Mama!," and pranced right back over to the dollhouse. I guess the crying/screaming/horrible goodbye I had dreaded didn't happen, but at the same time, couldn't she be a little sad about having Mommy leave? Hee hee hee. (some of the other parents said that there was one boy that did this this morning, but it was apparently after E and I had already left)
E and I went to Target to do some returns and get E a present. She was quite despondent that L wasn't there and couldn't figure out why. We also went to the YMCA to sign L up for a sports class and say hi to Grandpa (he was lifeguarding at the pool). Then, home to spend some quality one-on-one time together. E loved it. I guess I hadn't realized how little one-on-one time she and I get until she was just clamoring all over me to read books, play games, blow bubbles, follow her around, etc. I think she and I are really going to enjoy the time that L is in school together! We had lunch together and then loaded up to go get L.
When we got there, they were just winding up story time. L was sitting on the edge of the semicircle listening to the story, and I was able to count 4 boys and 3 girls in her class. There are girls! Huzzah! Last week, it was only 5 kids and she was the only girl. Then, all the kiddos got there stuff, sat at the table, and waited for their parent(s) to sign them out and go home. L saw me come in with E in my arms, broke into a huge smile, and said "Mama!" in the most wonderful, heartwarming way. She had two drawings that she had made and we are going to hang on the wall. I told her to say thank you to her teacher (Miss D), give her a hug, and then we were on our way home.
On the way home, she told me about another boy hitting another child. His punishment was to sit on a stool (I'm just saying it like she told me). She said "I don't want sit stool." HA! I asked her if she should hit other kids in her class? She said no, that bad. At least she understands that. Then, out of the blue, she told me "I love my school!" Totally made the headache of finding a school, enrolling her, getting her ready, and taking her worth it. I'm so glad she enjoyed her first day, and I know she can't wait to go back again on Thursday!
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| L ready for school (the funny look is because she's looking into the sun) |
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| L and E holding hands by the palm tree |
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| L playing with the dollhouse at preschool |
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| L's rainbow she drew today! |
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