The Adventures of the Middaugh Family: Mommy and Me Preschool

Today was Audrey's first day of "Mommy and Me" Preschool. I have to say I absolutely LOVE this concept. Audrey has always been very clingy to me so the thought of dropping her off by herself would never cross my mind but having the ability to go with her seemed just perfect for us. I'm hoping this year gives us a great chance to slowly transition to being at school alone.

Last night we talked about school, we talked about what happens at school and read some books about preschool. I had a brand new outfit ready to go. It was all going to go perfect, right??

The cute outfit I had in mind....
NOT happening, mom!
In fact, she was pretty clear that she wasn't wearing any clothes to school.
Oh boy!

Our mornings are on a tight schedule because we put our neighbor on the bus. We have to be outside by 8:10 and then we need to leave for school by 8:20. That leaves little time to negotiate with a toddler who does not want to wear any clothes. So after dodging some arm and leg kicks, I managed to get a dress AND cardigan on Audrey.
Whew!!

She had some time to calm down outside and show off her new book bag to all of the big kids!

Then it was off to school....

Yay, we have a SMILE!!

Audrey did great until it was time for circle time. It was all a little overwhelming for her and I can totally understand that. Here we are living this moment that we have been talking about over and over! I bet she could have been remembering the books we read with kids in preschool acting happy and comfortable in their surroundings. I think her not feeling totally comfortable made her upset because she knew she was supposed to be. And mix that with all of the emotions of this big day and it turned into one huge outburst. Poor little sweetie! The thought crossed my mind that I made a BIG mistake, maybe I was even going to be asked to go home (I know crazy right). We just stood in the corner and took in this huge classroom and the teacher and the kids and got out all of the emotions and THEN.......

It was time for fun!!!