First Day of Preschool *updated*

She had her Tink backpack, her lunch box and her "Mimmie" mouse shirt ~ she was all ready to go! Her speech therapist was able to get us a slot in one of the local preschools for a 3 morning a week Pre K 3 program. It is not the language based preschool we are still hoping she will get into but at least it is an opportunity to get some socialization and interaction with her peers. The big difference is at the lang based one the teachers are all trained in dealing with and teaching children who are behind in speech and they also have a speech therapist who works with them in the classroom. We are still hopeful that she will be able to get in but at this point her receptive skills are so high it seems to be causing a problem with that. Her therapist has diagnosed her with apraxia and that may be the reason she will be allowed in ~ fingers crossed.

As you may know she spent a year in daycare but she has been home with Mama for almost a year now so we weren't sure how this would go. Please note it was about 25 degrees outside but Miss Thing refused her coat!



She was a little apprehensive when we walked in and didn't go straight to the gym like we did the day we visited. She also kept asking "Mama bye??" I told her that yes, today I would go bye bye but only for a little while (it is actually for 4 LONG hours....too much for Mama)


Of course her silliness won out and she was soon laughing and cutting up with me

There were no tears as I left. Actually she ran over and gave a giant hug to a girl she remembered from Monday when we came to visit and they sat down to "read" together. I had to ask her to come kiss me goodbye. Her "buddy" is the oldest child in the class and Annslee is the youngest : ) I think the other little girl may be playing "Mama" with her as she came over and told me "Annslee is fine, you can go now" LOL

My phone has not been ringing and I am anxious to see how her first day went : )

*I just picked her up and she did great! Miss Jennifer said she asked where I was once and she told her I would be back in a little while and she could go play and she ran off back to her game. Apparently she and Jordan (the little girl from this morning) buddied up all day. When I walked into the room they were sitting together coloring and Annslee spotted me and ran, jumped in my arms and kissed me saying "mama!" over and over. You know I loved that! Jordan looked at me and said "Annslee likes me, she really likes me" It was super cute.