Two weeks down...the preschool update!

It has officially been 2 weeks with Isabelle at her new preschool and what an emotional roller coaster ride that has been! We have had everything from the extreme meltdowns when walking into the school, smaller crying fits when we leave or come pick her up and even having Isabelle saying "NO" as we pull into the parking lot of the school! Then we have the opposite extreme; Isabelle marching into the school like she owns the place and crying a little bit (for show) when Michael leaves. Or when I come to pick her up, I watch her from her classroom window as she is playing outside with her friends in the cars, on the slide, etc. and then the moment she sees me....tears come pouring down her face. Yesterday I told her to stop and that she was fine, which made her "show" stop instantly.

One of her teachers told us last Friday (as Isabelle was attached to her hip, literally, all day) that it would take time for her to adjust, as it does with most children, and she will be fine. Even though we know this already, its always nice to hear once again that it is something that all kids and parents :) go through and everyone survives.

Playing at MyGym at Sophia and Paul's Birthday Party.The first week there, Isabelle got very attached to Ms. Amanda; sitting in her lap, wanting to be held by her, Ms. Amanda got her to sleep at nap time, calmed her down when she would start crying and Isabelle would hold her finger (for dear life) when they were out in the yard. She was Ms. Amanda's shadow and luckily, Ms. Amanda didn't mind much :)

Lisa's girls...a shot from our "photo shoot" as a going away gift for Lisa.

I remember asking Isabelle one day last week in the car after I picked her up, the following:

Me: "What did you do at school today?"
Isabelle: "Cried."
Me: "Why were you crying?"
Isabelle is a soft little voice: "Sad."

OK...did that just break your heart? Because it did mine when she told me that!

By the end of this week, Isabelle has become less and less attached to Ms. Amanda and more and more aware of her surroundings, her friends like Madison, Mya, Katherine and "the boys" (as she puts it) and all the fun she can have at preschool. All in all, she is doing well and we feel it will just continue to get better and better as the weeks pass.

The guys and their girls-Travis, Mackenzie, Isabelle and Michael leaving Red Lobster

Isabelle will have her friend Lexi starting soon in her class for 2 half days a week and hopefully Mackie will start August and if either of them have the same type of transitioning "situation" as Isabelle did, we know she has a finger to lend them :)