Molly started preschool today ... sort of. They ease the kids in slowly so the first two days are short, mostly outdoors and parents stay the entire time. Even so, it was very exciting.
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| Molly in her new dress, all ready for school. |
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| Arriving at school, looking fabulous. |
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| Grandma is visiting and Daddy came along, too, so Molly had quite the entourage. |
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| Eating the apple snack with a silly little sister. (Daddy let Kate suck on an apple core this weekend and now she's got a taste for it.) :) |
The morning went very well. It wasn't much different from the other programs we've done at the school, though, so the real test won't come until Thursday when I drop her off for a full morning. I'm sure she'll be fine. Tomorrow we go back for another outdoor morning, parents invited. At some point the teacher will lead the kids inside for circle time while the parents stay outside planting bulbs -- sort of a practice separation. It's a nice idea, but honestly Molly probably would have been fine on her own today.
In other news, Kate and Grandma have been hanging out. (Molly and Grandma, too, but I slept through a bunch of that this afternoon and don't have pictures).
And this is some funny stuff from Friday when Molly came out of her bedroom dressed for the day, in her words, all "blackatastic" with her Ramones t-shirt (courtesy of Uncle Craig) and a black ballet skirt.
It was quite a morning. It's the first time in a while that Molly, not Kate, got all the attention from the grocery store clerks. The check-out girl with the horseshoe nose piercing was pretty excited. Molly walked down to the afternoon bus stop with our neighbor to meet Teddy and, apparently, when our neighbor said she liked the shirt Molly told her "there's a song that goes with it." And there was. Molly was so excited for Daddy to get home to play "I Wanna Be Sedated." She had a specific black shirt she wanted him to put on so they could be matchy -- turned out to be a Guinness beer t-shirt. Dancing ensued. (When she heard the "hurry hurry hurry" lyric she wanted to stop and sing a children's song she knows that goes "hurry hurry climb the fire truck" -- silly girl).
And just to end on a wholesome note, here's a family cuddle.
2 comments:
I have anxiously been awaiting this post! Yeah preschool!! I tried to get Lucy to call Molly so they could talk about school but Lucy said no because it wasn't "really school yet" since on the first day the parents stay. Good luck Thursday, as long as you don't cry until she is in the class all will be fine. :)
OMG! Her "stylin" entrance in that adorable outfit actually looked real Hollywood. And that first pic, looking over her shoulder, soooo perfect. I liked the black outfit and rockin' with Dad part best.
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