The first week of preschool went quite well.
The second week I was out of town for work and I think that week was a mess.
The third week she had giant horrible crying fits at drop off (like panicked, over the top anxiety, clawing at me to take her home fits). I was ready at that point to pull her out of preschool and home school her forever (not really....but sorta) and Nick had to talk me down from that. But both of those days her teachers said she did very well at school and was very happy when I picked her up. Granted, during the third week disasters she had a cough/little cold....but still.
This week she cried/whined at home before school not wanting to go, but held it together at drop off and did very at school per her teachers and was very happy at pick up and the rest of the day. Today she didn't cry or whine AT ALL!!!! We were ready a few minutes early this morning and she looks at me and says "let's go to preschool, mom!". Yayy!!
Dance has been interesting too. The first two weeks she was all about it, had a ton of fun in class, and was super excited all around. The third week she was really excited too, but came out of class crying for no reason after 10 minutes. Ugh. I couldn't calm her down and told her if went home and she didn't finish her class she was going straight to bed and she said ok. We went home and she went right to bed at about 6:15pm. I heard her playing quietly in her dark room for a while and she fell asleep between 7:30-8:00. Yesterday anxiety hit her like a brick wall before dance class and was crying and so worked up and didn't want to go. We told her if she didn't suck it up and calm down she was going to bed right that minute and (thankfully) she didn't want to do that. She came out of class crying in the first few minutes but I was able to pretty quickly shove her back in the room and she pulled it together and did her class very well (and had a great time!!!).
So it has been interesting but I think she is getting used to this new schedule and she's doing well! It just seems like she's getting control of her anxiety and really does very well (and has lots of fun) in her classes once she calms down.
Some random pictures.....Uncle Greg came down to visit
Greg got these princesses for me when I was a little girl and I got them out for Gabs since she's obesessed with princesses. Big mistake...haha....she loves them and they end up in her bed and all over the place because she plays with them.
Grandma Billie got her a purple princess guitar at Labor Day weekend....major score!
And she taught her how to play Candy Land. Gabs lasts about 5 minutes tops with it.
I finally gave in to her and painted her finger nails. I let her pick out a color at the store (purple of course) and tried the quick drying brand. I don't really think it was that quick drying.....but oh well.
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