First day of preschool!

Lucy had her first day of preschool yesterday. I was pretty nervous about it, but she did great. She was very excited to be packing her lunch bag (sandwich, apple rings, grapes, pretzels) and backpack (baby and blankey). She wanted to play with the trains right away (she remembered them from the orientation evening) and happily gave us goodbye hugs and kisses. According to the teachers she did fine the whole time, and she was happy to see us when we picked her up.

I can tell it will be an adjustment for her to be part of a group. One of her teachers said that when they were outside, after awhile Lucy told her, "I want to go inside." The teacher explained they would go in after 5 more minutes, and Lucy said, "But I want to go now." The teacher asked her why and she said, "Because I do." However, she waited patiently for the 5 minutes. The teacher observed that Lucy sure seems to have her own ideas/plans, which I can testify to!


Here's the back view so you can see her cute backpack too (thank you Grandma Judy!)

Here we are outside- Matt and I dropped her off and picked her up together. I appreciated the moral support, as I was a bit weepy afterwards.

There are 2 gerbils in the front lobby of the preschool, and then a lizard right by her classroom. Lucy is fascinated by them and loves checking them out. Here she is by the lizard.