school days
10:16 PMi know, i know. i am a slacker. i have not been living up to my post blogging standards. i am still missing my usb cord and after lilly decided to pop off that teeny tiny red mouse on my laptop (and precede to lose it) i have not even bothered getting on my computer. i hang my head in shame.
tonight, however, i am attempting a comeback. although i am still sans usb cord (apparently a compatible cord for my camera is not easy to find. according to best buy i will have to scour the web) i did get a plug in mouse. so at least browsing the net is much easier.
now...back to the good stuff. it's been a big couple of weeks around here. the school year is officially underway! ryan had her first official day last friday. this year she is an extremely proud member of the caterpillar room. we're talking full on preschool here ladies & gentlemen. at her visit day her teachers, ms. deanna and ms. anne, informed me that she will have music on mondays, pe on wednesdays and art on fridays. how fun does that sound?? i have a feeling mondays will be her favorite.
this morning both my girls headed off to school. ryan...the old pro and lilly...on her very first day. my little bear is following in her big sister's footsteps in the sunflower room. she has the same teachers ry had last year and i am very happy about this. they are fabulous! so patient, so kind, all around wonderful. i was a little aprehensive about starting lilly in school this fall, only because she's a few months shy of when ryan started at 2 1/2 and also because, as you all know, lilly is kind of a mama's girl. her visit day didn't go all that well. i dropped her off in her classroom and headed upstairs for orientation. i was only "gone" (mind you still in the building) for about 45 minutes. ms. shelley said she put up quite a fight after i left. she was playing quietly when i went back downstairs...but the minute she looked at me i could see her poor little eyes were red and swollen. my poor little stubborn clinger.
today was the true test. her first full day.
yes, the backpack is as big as she is
seriously. when did these two get so big?
so after we gave ry a kiss and left her upstairs with her fellow caterpillars, we headed downstairs for the big drop off. lil was surprisingly confident. she hung up her backpack, gave my belly a kiss, gave mommy a kiss and sauntered into the classroom as if she had done it a million times. i gave ms. shelley a "well that went well" look and turned to leave. i was at the stairs when i heard her turn around and ask for me. then came the tears. i stood in the stairwell for a minute or two, just to hear how worked up she got. she didn't seem too bad...just a few drawn out "maaaammmaaa"s which pulled at my heartstrings, but then nothing. i proceeded to head to my car. i knew that if i stayed i would be tempted to go back in there and that would have been a disaster. and so i begin my first morning alone. yes, all alone. it was bittersweet to say the least. i am so used to seeing two smiling faces in my rearview at all times and today it was just me. i decided to stay close to home just incase i got a call from the school. after an hour and a delightful trip to the grocery store, all seemed to be going well. no word from school had to mean she was doing ok. just as i text dan those exact sentiments my phone rings.
dun, dun, dun...
sure enough it was sally, the director at school. a fabulous, wonderful, magnificant lady. (love, love, love her.) she assures me that lilly has been doing so, so well today. she calmed down quickly after i left. was perfectly happy during open play and snacktime. however, once they began to clean up and move on to the next activity she remembered that i wasn't there and the tears came back. my poor little bear. sally suggested maybe i pick her up today. she reassured me that the first day is so hard for the little guys. it's a long time away from mom. she said "lilly will be just fine in the coming weeks, but today i think she just needs her mom." i love that sally. so even though she didn't make it the entire first day...i am so, so proud of my little bear. as much as it kills me to see her sad, i know this is so good for her. as sally said in the orientation "the main purpose of the sunflower room is for the kids to learn that school is a fun place and that mom always comes back." if that's all that lil gets out of this year, i will be completely satisfied!
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