Regan

First Day of school seemed fine, she looked exhausted that evening but she still kind of got a 2nd wind around bedtime (go figure).  Second day of school and she had a great day, no accidents, Daddy picked her up and she was WIRED last night when I got home.  Last night was a completely different story and it involved total meltdown. 

She likes to lay on me for story and song time.  Some nights I let her and other nights I don’t.  Either I don’t feel that great or I have on something that will poke/bother her and therefore she will be all elbows in my gut/uterus/nether regions trying to get comfortable.  Last night was a night that I thought she would just pass out by ‘lullaby’ so I asked her to lay down next to me.  Well that just blew up the ‘Why’ Department.  I got done with stories and songs and lullaby, no passed out child yet.  Then she likes me to rock her.  Well I knew that she was exhausted, she had been rubbing her eyes excessively and she was VERY bossy.  I said that I wasn’t going to last night and the ‘CIO’ Department took over.  Then she was scared, then she wanted hugs, scared again and finally I just had to let her do her thing and cry.

Think she is a bit overwhelmed/insecure/exhausted???  Yeah, I think so too.

First Day Pics

The morning of:

Ready to go

After school:

hot, sweaty, wore out

Yes, it is a different afternoon outfit – remember, she did have one accident yesterday.

The BIG NEWS: No accidents today!!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!

OMG – We all made it…

Through the first day of Pre-school!!!  I didn’t get any calls.  Regan had a BLAST!  She wanted to go back this morning.  And I finally slept last night, however I still didn’t want to get up.

Regan gets a “Sunshine” report everyday.  It lets the parents know how their kids did that day in school.  She did an amazing job coloring yesterday, she slept for 2 hours, she had one accident and you will never guess when it was!  Nope, not naptime!  They used the potty before they went outside and Regan didn’t have anything come out.  However they were outside for about 45 minutes and when they got ready to line up Regan kind of looked at Miss Becky and said “I had a little accident”, Miss Becky told her that it was fine and to never be afraid to let anyone know that she has to use the potty, someone will bring her in and let her use it.  Miss Becky (I know that you all are smart enough to be figuring out that this is her teacher, along with Miss Mary – they have 15 kids in the classroom), said that she didn’t get the message that Regan had pull-ups and so she didn’t put her in one.  She said that if I didn’t want her to use it that she wouldn’t or however I wanted to handle it.  I told her that I brought them because I didn’t want them to have to clean her up everytime – so we will just see how the week goes, ya know.

Regan got a lollipop for her good day.  I was also told that I could bring in a treat snack as they do allow that.  I forgot today however, she does have those apple crisp thingies in her bag - maybe I should call and let them know that!

Anyway, I’m REALLY relieved and pleased that Regan had such a good first day and that she is still excited about it.

First Day of (Pre) School

Well the time has come.  Regan is going to Preschool and let me just say that the excitement is still there (good).  I’m hoping that I have everything together that she might need.

I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday and I was telling her how I really hope that no one makes a big deal out of her birthmark.  For those that have known Regan for a while you probably don’t even realize it is there any longer, however it really is still there.  For those that have always wondered what that raspberry patch is right above her lip, that is one of her birthmarks. 

My friend had a good idea to bring up all her little things and see what she said about them.  I didn’t even have to go that far.  Last night after reading and singing, we talked and I held out my right arm and asked her “What is this?”, she got a smile of her face and said “It’s your birthmark”, and I said “yeah”, I asked her, “Do you have any birthmarks?” and she said “Yes, one right here (pointing to the one on her hip) and then pointed to her lip”, I said “That is right!”  At this point I’m just going to leave it at that, I don’t want to bring up the topic of how other people might see it until I have too.  I might mention it to whoever is there this morning just to see if any kids say anything about it.  We will see.

So I’m going to take a pic or 200 this morning to share with you all how excited she is!  I hope your children have a great “first” day, whenever that may come for you!

Time

Where does time go?  4 short years ago I was 8 months pregnant.  Now someone short, is running around my house very excited to start Pre-school.  The seasons have come and gone even quicker.  However winter seems to still linger on for me until I’m ready to scream and then FINALLY Spring will bloom.  Fall comes quicker, and I didn’t think that it could get here any sooner than it did when I was a kid.

I guess the real reason that I’m writing this is because while I know that Regan will do fine in school (don’t get me wrong we all have our weaknesses and strengths and I don’t presume to think that she won’t get in trouble), I just hope that the first day lives up to all her excitement.  I can’t wait to pick her up next Monday and see how she looks.