First Day of School

Yesterday was Lily's first day of "school." Okay, so it's the Parent Morning Out program at a local church but it is a little bit like school. Of course, Lily started to cry as I left; we knew she would as she gets very nervous around strangers. When I picked her up four hours later, she was sniffling as if she had been crying recently. I asked one of the teachers how she had been during the day, and she said that Lily had been cheerful and happy most of the day, but every so often, she would realize I wasn't there and start crying. When Lily and I left, I asked her if she had fun and if she wanted to go back and she nodded yes to both. Several times today, she would say "chool!" and get very excited when I said she would go tomorrow. I think it will take her a few tries to get completely comfortable and settled in, but I think this will be a good experience for her.

Unfortunately, there was a small incident with one of the teachers (not the nice teacher that we met last Thursday) at drop-off in the morning so I spent the whole morning worrying instead of assuming Lily was having fun. Thankfully Ryan spoke to one of the preschool ministers at the church about the issue, and we feel like things will be fine. Here's hoping everything is a little easier on all of us tomorrow!

Below are a couple of pictures of Lily just before we left for school.