First Day of Preschool

Well...my munchkin started preschool this year.  Last Tuesday, the 6th, I took her in to meet her teacher and introduce her to her classroom. She immediatly asked the assistant to play with her, which warmed my heart needless to say.  She got to color a fish and hang it on the bulletin board and was just full out loving it.

Thursday was her first official day and I tried to prepare her and tell her that she was going to go by herself and that's when she said "no mommy...you are coming with me."  My heart broke and I prepared myself for a battle.  Well...when it came time to go in, the teacher bent down to greet her and my little Bella ran into the teachers arms, gave her a big hug and said "Can I color a fishy?"  The teacher said "your fish is hanging up, but there is something else for you to color at the table."  With that, Bella ran into the room without ever looking back to see if I was coming with her.  I walked away feeling so proud of her...knowng she was in great hands and that she was happy.

As I was walking away, I walked with one of the other moms who was left in tears (her daughter had followed Bella's lead and ran into the room as well to play without looking back.)  I told her it was going to be okay.  I guess one perk to not being a stay-at-home mom is that I'm used to leaving my child.  So I encouraged her and told her I would see her in two hours. 

When it came time to pick Bella up...she came out, walking in a straight line, holding onto the rope with all the other kids.  When the teacher released her to me, I got the biggest hug I've ever gotten from her.  It was, and is to this day, one of the best feelings I've ever had.  She was so happy and had such a great time in school that she literally just kept rambling to tell me all about it.

So...from all of this I have learned that being a working mom does have it's perks and that I literally just made the best decision I could have made for my child.  What's even better, is that my work is allowing me to leave every Tuesday afternoon early to go get her.  So...I don't even get to miss out on that.  God is so good to me...all.the.time!

Here are just two pictures that I took with my phone.  She wanted nothing to do with pictures..but instead just wanted to get in that room to play.