1st day

B had her first day of Preschool today.  Ahhh, I am so glad this day is officially behind us.

Truthfully, it was not easy for either one of us.  

She did fabulous leading up to "the drop off."  She was so excited.  She was ready to go with her new backpack (thank you Baca), lunch box, and nap mat (made by me, of course).  Daddy even left her a good luck video message on the computer since he had to be at work.  She was good to go!

She led the way into the building.  

Clearly, N was NOT happy to let his sister go to Preschool all by herself.

She very quickly spotted her name on an apple to add to the tree, signifying her attendance.  

She was happy to see her new teachers again and was doing great until another little girl started to cry... then it all began.  I could see she was getting nervous and asked N and I to stay one more minute... and then another.  Before we left, she requested her doll and before we knew it, one of the teachers snatched her up and said, "Mommy is going to leave to go home to clean."  In my head I thought "Did I just warp back into the 50's?  I'm headed to Pilates, thank you very much!"  

But really, she was crying and hysterical.  She seemed scared as her teacher whisked her back into her classroom (I think it scared her, plus I do not think she was fully aware that N and I were actually leaving the building).  It was my (or our) worst fear.  

You know how "they" say, it is worse on you than it is on them... 

I seriously question that after today.  It was rough.  

But we made it through and at the end of her day she did say she wanted to go back.  Her teachers confirmed, she did okay after she took a little time for herself.  

Bless her little heart.  

N talked all day about how B was crying, so he was very excited and relieved to see her when we picked her up (so was I).

At the end of the day she was more than ready to go home... Daddy even came home early to pick her up.