First Day of Preschool

Here she is on the first day of preschool (today). She was pretty excited. I think it went pretty well for her. Apparently about 10 minutes after we left she got a little sad looking and a couple of the other kids were crying (not about us, of course), so the teacher held her hand for awhile until she felt better.

Then, during naptime they placed her mat near the blocks so she spent the entire rest period (2 hours) playing with blocks and setting her lovey on the shelves, etc. The teachers are considering moving her mat. :) Little do they know that no matter where they put her, she will find something to keep her entertained.

When we went to pick her up this afternoon, she was playing happily on the playground and was barely interested in us. A very exciting turn of events is that her friend Sophie (see previous posts) is in her class. This is particularly fortunate because we thought that Sophie had moved to Boston and Abbie has been missing her terribly. Also, on three of the five days each week, Alexandra (see previous posts) will be in Abbie's class. This is good because there is already another group of girls in the class who are friends, so now Abbie will also have her own "crew".

As for this evening, we sensed that Abbie was pretty tired, and we thought that she would crash pretty early. Instead, she caught a 2nd wind and ran around like a mad woman, dancing and yelling and playing. Ummm, any bets on how long it will take before the school schedule catches up with her? I would guess that by Thursday she'll be spent, but I have systematically underestimated her in the past, so we'll see.