School update

Well, the first day of school went off beautifully. Better than I could've ever imagined. Seriously. The second day went exactly how I expected the first day to go. Brett still went in confident and happy. Kate screamed. No, she screamed bloody murder like someone was trying to tear her limbs off of her body. I could hear her in the next building over. Thankfully, it was short-lived and her teachers assured me at pick-up that she did have a good day overall. I feel terrible when she is that upset. I feel terrible for her that she is so sad and feels abandoned or scared or whatever emotion is triggering this behavior. I feel terrible for the teachers that they have 17 kids and this one child (mine) is pulling away everyone's attention.

Thankfully, Wednesday was Todd's turn to attempt drop-off since I had to work at 8:30. It went better... whether it was just going to go better or whether it went better because she's more afraid of Todd than she is of me, I have no idea. Healthy fear is a good thing. I wish she had more of a healthy fear of me.

Thursday was a little bit better, still some tears initially, but I tricked her. She was clearly upset and then said she had to go potty, which is fine. I took her potty and talked it up... talked about her new friend, Hannah, and her old friend, Matthew, and how they both were soooo excited to play with their friend, Kate. I talked about Ms. Mary Grace and how much she LOVES to get hugs from her friends. We quickly washed hands and bolted down the hallway ready to give hugs and "jump on the letters with our friends!" It worked WONDERFULLY! Phew... a small, happy, perfect victory for mama!

Friday went just about as well - no hugs for Ms. Mary Grace because she was busy, but Kate galloped right on in, after her obligatory trip to the potty, of course.

On another note, both kids have already met a couple new friends which makes me SOOOO happy. I feel like I'm doing something right. More importantly, I feel like our family is at the right place, in the right environment, and that our kids are thriving because of it. God is good.