It's A Toddler Tragedy

In Pre-School the most coveted thing isn't a toy, or a special seat on the carpet...a ball even on the play ground. Oh no. It is something much much more special - it's being Snack Helper and Line Leader. Something that happens on the one day a month you bring your choice of healthy snack to share with the class.

Tomorrow is Paige's day, her second time since school started.

Only one small issue with tomorrow being her day. She's been in bed sick with a high fever since she got home from school and won't be able to attend.

My poor sweet little girl was so upset she tried to convince me over and over that she was fine, in between shivering from the cold sweats and coughing. She cried for 45 minutes about not being able to be be Snack Helper and Line Leader.

I made a call to her school to let them know she wouldn't be there and make sure they still didn't need me to bring her snack in, as they rely on the parents to provide it. The office lady assured me they would try to swap days around for the Line Leader thing, and I seriously hope they do or Paige might never want to continue going to Catholic school and church...lol. She will have lost all faith!

I'll believe they will swap it around when I see it. Last time I asked when Paige was going to be Kid of The Week, because Paige was wondering....I got talked to and looked at like I needed to have my kid in the spotlight....ugh. You know, one of those parents! Which I'm not like one bit!

Well I'm off to tend to a sick child...

Letter of The Day

Every Tuesday at Paige's school they do Letter of the Day, where each kid brings something that starts with the specific letter. They started with A, and are going through the whole alphabet.

It's a little like show and tell, because they kid has to get up and tell the class about what it is, this is a new concept to Paige. The only group she is used to talking in front of is her parents and grand parents. I was happy that the first week went by ok, although I think she basically stood up and said "alligator" and sat back down.

Hopefully tomorrow, which is Letter 'C' Day, will go by a little better. She is planning to bring a car, a purple Barbie car to be exact. It's not totally original and I'm sure that other kids will bring a car as well, which will make her a little upset. I'm still trying to suggest some great other item in the house as cool as the purple Barbie car, but that little girl is stubborn and whats what she wants, and like me usually gets it. *smile

Tear Free!

She did it! She went into school today, gave me a hug and kiss, told me she would see me later and there were no tears!

Her teacher, Mrs. Black, was so proud of her she sent home a little note telling me how well Paige did today! I'm so proud of her!

She had letter of the day yesterday - and brought an alligator for 'A' - she loves it, and show and tell! Next week - 'B'!

End of First Week of Pre-School

It's been a rough few days, but we made it through. She's fine until I have to leave and then they have to peel her off me crying and clawing. Breaks my heart.

She's fine when I pick her up, happy and talkative about how much fun she's had. I think that she just needs to make 1 or 2 really good friends that she can look forward to being with while she is there and once that happens all will be well.

She did show and tell yesterday for the first time, she brought her bag I bought her that says "Flower Girl" on it and told the class about being in the wedding. Today she is snack helper and she got to pick out what she wanted to bring, so hopefully this gets to be a little more fun with these things to look forward to at school from time to time.

Preschool!

Things are finally slowing down from the wedding, and it's time for all things Paige! Her first day of preschool was on the 8th and it went pretty well. Her dad, Michael came over in the morning for waffles and pictures, and to walk her the 15 minutes to school with me. It's nice that we can share in these occasions together. Paige really loves it.

She had a little meltdown when we got there. She's outgoing and the life of the classroom once she gets going, but I think she has some separation anxiety. We managed to get out of there after about 15 minutes.

Of course when I picked her up she said she had so much fun and couldn't wait to go back the next day. When the next day came, however, we were right back where we started...with some tears.

Today is day 3 and it was a little better, each day less and less tears. Soon I'll be dropping her off and she'll be shoving me out the door to leave!

Here she is on her first day, we got a special hair cut for school, bangs - which is very new to her and me. She seems to like it, especially since I cut most of my hair off the same day as well.