Isabella's 2nd Day At Preschool

Isabella has been saying for days now that she doesn't want to go to preschool again. On her first day of preschool, when her daddy asked her what she did at school, her answer was, "I cried."

We've been telling her what a big girl she is and how she gets to go to preschool because she is older now, but Connor can't because he is too young. Yesterday, on the phone with my mom, when my mom asked her how she was, Bella answered, "I'm older."

I made sure to let Isabella show me around her class today when I took her to preschool, so she could show me all of the fun stuff she would have to play with. I asked her to paint me a pretty picture to give me when I picked her up, and I told her I would just be going home to get her lunch ready for her before I came back to pick her up. She seemed fine when I left, and when I went to pick her up, she announced to me right away, "Mommy! I didn't cry!" and her teacher confirmed that she did not cry at all. She did paint me a picture but it was still drying, so I will have to pick it up during her next day at preschool.

I'm really pleased that she had a better preschool experience today!

How'd Isabella do on her 1st day?

Well, apparently, shortly after I left, she cried. She put her coat and backpack back on and wouldn't take them off. I guess she felt comforted in that, as long as she had them on, she wouldn't be staying. "Circle Time" is the last thing they do before getting picked up, and she stopped crying during Circle Time and started joining in.

Despite this, when I asked her if she had fun, she said, "Yes," and when I asked her if she was looking forward to going to Playskool again, she said, "Yes."

Isabella's 1st Day of Preschool

Isabella is at her first day of "Playskool" today. She was so excited that she even buttoned her coat all by herself for the first time today. She was so proud of herself. She was only in her coat and shoes an HOUR early for us to leave for her school!

The teachers all commented on how much she looks like Gabby (except for her colouring. Gabby is brown haired and brown eyed. Isabella is blonde haired and blue eyed). She gave me a hug and kiss goodbye and then seemed unconcerned that I was leaving. It's better than when Gabby first started. Gabby just disappeared inside and never even bothered to tell me bye.

I got a phone call from Playskool a few weeks ago telling me that Isabella would be going on Thursday and Friday mornings. I wrote it down and asked if they could change Friday mornings for another morning. I was told it would be looked into. I never got a call back, so I assumed today was her first day. I found out when we got there that she was supposed to start yesterday. They changed her days but didn't let me know. And they changed the wrong day! They had her down for Wednesday and Friday! After a quick discussion, I was told it was okay and they would work it out and let me know when I pick her up later today.

Connor is playing by himself right now. The only thing that lets me know he misses Bella is that he is playing much less boisterously than usual. Ah, peace and quiet!