Kloey just finished her FIRST week in Pre-K!! She has been not-so-patiently waiting for her day to shine. Her day to make new friends. Her day to have her own teacher. And, most importantly, her day to go to school just like her big sister!! The morning started off great. Everyone woke up early from excitement (it was so cute to see Kayden be excited for Kloey!). The morning routine is down and everyone was ready to walk out the door on time to drop Kayden off first. On our way to school Kloey was giddy and just so excited for school. She raced to the front door from the car and up the stairs to her classroom. Once the door opened and we walked through, everything changed. It’s like she realized, ‘Oh wait a minute. I’m staying here, but she’s not!” Her little lips quivered, her eyes welled up, and she reached up to me to pick her up. My heart started to get heavy, which was my sign to get the heck out of there! I am a mom, but I am also a teacher. I know that the longer mom sticks around, the harder it is for the kid to adjust and move on and move forward. Ms Ashley, her teacher, quickly picked Kloey up and brought her to the front of the carpet so she could be next to her until she felt better. At pick up I learned that Kloey had a GREAT day and made some new friends. The same pattern of excitement turned realization mommy is leaving happened again today (day 2 of 2), but I know she recovered quickly because her reaction to me leaving wasn’t quite as dramatic as day 1.

Kloey, my big girl, you are on your way to becoming something great. You will make friends, learn a ton, grow as a person, and continue to make the world better because you are here to make us all laugh! Your teacher says you are shy. I tell her to wait for it, because once you get more comfortable, you are going to run the show! She’ll see!!

Ice cream celebration of the first day of school. Seems to be coming our little tradition.