We all survived the first week of school. Julia has had a bit of an adjustment these past couple of days;the director of the school was telling me that her kids had a delayed reaction and I guess that's what happened with Julia. She didn't want me to leave yesterday, she was glued to me and every time I put her down she would cry and run back to me again.She cried for about 5 minutes.Once she got her pillow and blanket out of her cubby she lay down. Finally Mrs. Mickey came and told her she would be too hot and would get a heat rash. Julia told Mrs.Mickey that she already had bug bights, then Mrs.Mickey asked Julia to draw a picture and Julia told her that she already drew a picture the day before, Julia is so funny.
I was worried about Julia after I dropped her off yesterday so I stuck around to keep an eye on her just out of sight, my heart was breaking and I started crying too;pretty embarrassing but very common from what they tell me. They told me to just call so I did and Mr. Tracey told me that she was doing fine, which was a relief.
I told the morning teachers aid Mr. Tracey that I would just give the goodbye hug and kiss and drop her off with him today. He told me that was the best thing to do because then it's not as drawn out. So that's what I did I put her down next to Mr.Tracey and walked off. He said she cried for about 10 seconds and then asked him to read to her and then she was fine the rest of the day. Her school is really good, all the teachers are very compassionate, it's sort of like one big family there. One of the teachers at Julias' school has a daughter that's in Sarahs' class so that's kind of cool too. I also volunteered at Julias' school about 9 years ago and Julias' teacher was a teachers aide at the time for the same group I volunteered for. So two happy coincidences.
Sarah seems to like school although it's hard to get much out of her on the subject. She talks about kids and stuff that they said, so she's definitely enjoying the social aspect of it. Which is the most important part of school, at least at this age I think. Julia gushes about PreK, she tells us about playground time, her friends, and her teachers. She drew a picture for her teacher Mrs. Raquel this morning. I'd say they both are having a good experience with it all.