Shocked and Ecstatic!

So yesterday went a lot better than I thought it would! We got into the car and she was super excited! When we walked into the building, the director came up to say hello. She sctually responded so I knew we were off to somewhat of a good start! Maeve saw so many women walking through the hallway and with each person she asked me if it was her teacher. When I saw her, I pointed her out and she was so excited! She signaled for us to walk down and she let us into the room. Maeve immediately left me to walk around and check the place out. The teacher (Mrs. Law) showed her her cubby and also showed her her pictures around the room. At this point, Cara started losing it due to no nap. The teacher kind of gave me the signal that this might be a good time to leave. I told Maeve I needed to go and put Cara down for a nap. She said, "Mommy, I didn't know they had a crib here for Cara!" LOL. So I said good-bye and she said, "okay mommy, good-bye." I left while she was playing with princesses. Now, what I didn't expect was for Cara to SCREAM for Maeve the whole way home. I never thought about how Cara has had Maeve around her whole life. The two hours were golden. I am not going to lie, the phone was on me the whole time in case she needed me. But lets be honest, did we really think she would need me once she was actively engaged? No. I went to pick her up at 3:15. I peeked in the secret window and saw her doing puzzles at the table like every other kid. Made my heart proud that she was so brave! When it was time for release, they let Maeve out first and her face lit up as she saw me and Cara. Cara was also screaming in delight that Maeve was back!! She talked incessantly the whole way home (wonder where she gets that from??). She had chips and cheese and bananas for snack. She also picked milk and drank it out of a big girl cup! It spilled a little and that made her sad but then Mrs. Law (God bless this woman!) gave her a wipe and she was happy again. She did puzzles and pegboards and listened to a book. She went to music with teddies (I had no idea what that was about) and made them dance. But most of all, she got to ring the bell ALL day to signal clean up time. She loved it. And that makes me feel all sorts of things. Proud, sad, happy... all wrapped up into one. My little girl is growing up whether or not I like it and it makes me love her even more than yesterday.

Enjoy the pictures!!