We Survived

So we did it.  We survived Emmy's first week of preschool.  Emmy did fabulously.  I might be a little worse for wear.  This week has been one of the longest of my life I feel.  It's bee full of so many ups and downs, and I could not be more excited for the weekend and having both girls home with me.

It really has been so hard having Emmy away from me for a few hours a day...she practically been attached to my hip for the past almost four years.  It's tough trusting someone else with her.  And I hate not being there for all the fun things she's doing.  I barely know what she does all day there!  Obviously the teacher can't give each parent a detailed list of what their kid did all day {I wish!} and getting information out of a three year old is one of the more difficult things I've tried to do in my life.

Is she listening? Is she making friends or is she playing by herself?  Has she had any trouble using a different bathroom?  Does she eat all her snack? Is she nice to other kids?  Are they nice to her?  Do they ask about the peanut allergy bracelet she wears? Is the teacher nice to her, and give her as much attention as the others? 

I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THIS!!  The only thing I know is that she is happy to go off every day, happy when I pick her up, and apparently having a little trouble sitting still on the carpets at circle time.  But once I told the teacher that she had never been to daycare, MDO, story time, etc, then she said Emmy was doing pretty good considering it was the first week.

I know things will get easier, we're just adjusting to the change, but over-all I hate that she's in school.  I hate getting up at 6:00 am every day, I hate carrying Charlie up the hill every day and waiting outside to pick Emmy up.  I hate that I already had to go to bat for Emmy and her peanut allergy, and we're comfortable with in regards to her epi-pen, etc.  I hate trying to make small talk with parents as we wait for our kids, I hate that Skip sees sooo much less of Emmy now with his crazy schedule.

But, it's not all bad.  Emmy, LOVES it!  Not a single tear was shed by her this week.  She did ask us to stay with her a few times, but was totally cool with it when we said we couldn't.  She loves telling us what she did that day and how much she likes her teacher.  She is already spouting new information about things she's learning about.  I know this is the best thing for her, and she already seems so much bigger to me!

And the time alone with Charlie is nice.  I don't get too much one-on-one time with her, so it's really nice.  I also forgot how many things you can get done with just one kid!!  I've been able to workout with her, run errands, and keep on top of things a bit better around the house {that's not all the one-kid thing, some of it is the fact that we're all up, dressed, and fed by 7:30 in the morning.} 

So I know that this is just a change...and change is something I have never dealt with well.  I know this is best for her {not sure how it is in other parts of the country, but pretty much everyone sends their kids to preschool when they're 3 around here} and we will all soon thrive with this new experience.  But I try to be as honest as possible on this blog, and this week was just HARD.  Let's hope we I start adjusting better this week!!

Is your kid in school yet?  How did you get used to the adjustment?