First Day!! (Updated)

Today is Emma's first day at PRE-SCHOOL!!!!

OH. MY. GOD.

My baby is almost an adult.

And what did she tell me yesterday when we were talking about the big event of today?

"I don't need you, Mommy. I'm a big girl."

Sigh.

Granted, while she's maintained this stance for a while now, we'll see what happens when I go to leave... if I go to leave... Truthfully, other than at my mother's house, she's NEVER been without me. Not even with a sitter. Occasionally, if we're at a friend's house, I'll go to pee and be in the washroom without her for two minutes, but that's about it.

So we'll see just how big of a girl she is. Hopefully not too big... but then, hopefully not too little either. I think she's pretty prepared. I mean, we've driven by the school daily for three months now, and she's soooo excited! When we were at that birthday party where the "Messy Hands" bus pulled up and all the kids piled in, Emma thought the bus was there to take her to preschool, and she was so excited her entire little body was shaking. When I had to break the news that she was going in to paint and do pottery stuff she was totally disappointed. Ooops... sorry, birthday party girl.

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Okay, we're home. I stayed. Today was only an hour - and besides, all the other mothers (and one father) stayed. How would it look if I took off? Well, there was one mother who sat outside the class and her daughter was less than pleased. So yeah. I stayed. Emma LOVED it. But I knew she would... Hell, we went to every single open house just so she could keep going inside, getting her all psyched up. Poor kid probably thought this day would NEVER come. But it did... and now it's done, and tomorrow is Saturday.

Her teacher is so sweet, and young, and hip.
And thanks for Stacey, Emma was the ONLY kid in her class that brought a gift!! Yippee!!!

Of course, I took some photos... cuz I'm gay like that. Nothing great, cuz I didn't want to seem too nerdy, but HAHA - at least I HAVE photos of my kids' first day of school.

Another shot of the 1st Day Gift:



Play-Doh-ing:



Circle Time: (I should mention that since it was the first day, the class was divided in half - next week there will be 9 kids in her class...)



Washing Hands Before Snack (that's Lisa, her teacher):



Snack (it was watermelon, animal crackers, and a choice of milk or water):



Playing in the Water Table:



Getting Her Cubby:



And finally, some painting:



Yup... it was a busy hour!!

Can't wait till next week!!!