Tuesday (6/30) was Cecily's first day of preschool.
It is the summer program and she is only going Tues-Thurs for the month of July. She then starts the regular 5 day a week program when school starts back up in September. She was very excited, and nervous. I stayed all day so that she would feel comfortable. She wanted me to engage with her at first, but later was satisfied to have me sitting on a bench chatting with other moms (or reading work email on my Bberry).
She made some new friends "sort of". She collected "nuts"(some type of acorn thing) with one little boy and on the second day she became a little obsessed with one of the "older" (read: 4 years old) girls who helped her put on a bandaid on an invisible boo-boo on her knee. She really liked the whole routine factor of the program, snack time, circle time, etc. On the second day of school (which I stayed all day that day too) she participated in circle time by sharing a story abt 4th of July. I was a little suprised she wanted to share, and a bit concerned she was going to spin some crazy tale bc the group had gotten a little off track (it started out about fireworks, which led to discussion of "loud noises" and then one little boy started rambling about some man standing outside his bedroom window) but Cecily "kept it real' and talked about seeing fireworks at Addi's house.
She painted pictures, made a noodle necklace and played dress up. All in all a successful introduction to the world of school!
Opening the Gate to Preschool
We had alot of fun in Tahoe at the Newman's family cabin in Homewood.
Eating pushups on Chambers Beach
