OK, so Joey starting preschool was much more difficult on me than it was on her. She asked me this morning when she woke up and we were discussing going to school if I was going to stay with her in her class. I told her I couldn't but that I would come back to pick her up. She said, "Oh, I will miss you, Mommy!" I almost lost it then. I thought for sure when she got the the classroom she would cling to me crying and asking me to not leave her (she did this each session of dance class!). But when we arrived, she found a seat at a table filled with puzzles and other little girls, kissed me goodbye and that was that. No tears, no pleading, no "miss yous". I, on the other had, walked out the door of the classroom and the tears began immediately. They didn't stop when I reached the car. They didn't stop when I kissed Joel goodbye, they didn't stop when I strapped Ian in the car. When I picked her up an hour later, she ran to me and, with a huge smile on her face, yelled "My first day of school is over!". When they spotted their parents, other children began crying immediately. Joey gave her new teachers a hug and told them she would come back for the second day of school. She amazes me!
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