That Monday she was really sleepy and really didn't want to be awoken. She was not in the mood for anything and when we got to school, Miss Megan wasn't there (some days she comes in at 7am and some days she comes in at 8am and we get there around 7:30). Lucy cried and cried and didn't want me to leave. The teacher in her room that morning was one we'd never met which wasn't helping matters. I finally settled her into a chair (and off of me) and made my escape but I stayed in the hall to watch her for a bit. Heartbreaking. She just sat in the chair crying and crying. The teacher wasn't paying her much attention and wasn't able to console her when she briefly tried so I went back in. I picked up my poor, sweet baby (who managed to stop crying as I was picking her up) and took her outside to talk (after grabbing a tissue to tend to the waterfall of snot). I kept talking to her about how I had to go to work and how she had to stay at school and she kept suggesting that she come to work with me...or that I stay at school with her. She was on the verge of another breakdown...so I asked her if she thought we should drive home to get her B.
Yes, I know this was a huge no-no. Dropping her off and "leaving" for a few minutes and then going back in to "rescue" her? And actually taking her out of the classroom - then out of the building and off the premises? Bad Dani. But it was horrible. Awful. I debated taking a vacation day so you should be proud this is all I did! We drove home and retrieved the B and went back to school and even then, she wasn't happy. But I sat her down in the reading area, read a book with her, and told her to put her B away when she was feeling better. Thankfully, as I was (finally) leaving, Miss Megan walked in. So yeah...Miss Megan started work at 8am that day...the same time I was supposed to start work that day...
I know she was tired and I know if she couldn't have me, she wanted Miss Megan but I called later just to be sure and Megan said she was fine - no more tears and she only used the B for 5 minutes and she'd been having a great day ever since.
I've since learned that Megan's late mornings are Mondays and Fridays which just so happen to be the days I nominate Dave for dropoff!
Actually, I manned up and took her on Friday and it ultimately went fine, though she gave me a scare when we arrived. As we were walking in, she asked me, "Think Miss Megan be in there?" She had never asked me this before - I'd taken her Tues-Thurs that week and she never asked. SHE KNEW! I know she knew. I don't know how she knew, but she knew, and I knew I was screwed...
I told her, "She might not be here yet but if not, she will be here soon," and she said, "I think she be in there now."
Yikes!
My stars were aligned, though, because even though Megan wasn't there yet, Lucy did fine. Whew!
So obviously the girl loves her teacher! We love her, too, but seeing how much Lucy loves her makes us love her all the more.
Lucy is starting to talk about her classmates more, too, which is wonderful. At first, Megan said she didn't really play with others and when we asked Lucy who her school friends were, she'd say, "I not know theirs names yet." But we're told she's playing with them more and she now knows several names!
This weekend:
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| Playing with her Little People schoolhouse: "You be Miss Megan and I be Lucy and Ella and Everett" |
After her first week of school, when we were told she never uses her B at school (and neither do any other kids in her class), we thought we'd try to eliminate the B at nap time. I made a big deal about it one day and said it would be just like nap time at school - so she wanted to make a bed on the floor...
Several times per week, there is a note about the class' day or week and here are the few we've seen so far:
And Megan and the class made some artwork last week:
This little leprechaun helped Lucy to win an iPod from Beef O'Bradys!
We always choose school clothes the night before and my girl is getting pretty tricky. Apparently, she comes up with dream ensembles inside her head and expects me to make it happen...like when she wanted a "sparkly dress," though she doesn't own one...One day last week, she requested her butterfly shirt.
Uh...I don't know how to tell you this (even though I am pretty sure you already know and are screwing with me), but you don't have a butterfly shirt! (But Dave remembered that she has a butterfly pajama shirt so the new rule is, if you buy Lucy pj's, you also have to buy her a similar-looking outfit - she has also, more than once, suggested wearing "Ariel dress" which is, indeed, a nightgown).
I pulled out everything I could find with a butterfly and this dress has a small one up top and a big one down low and seemed to do the trick for my tricky girl.
GranJan enjoyed the butterfly shirt story (evil) but is forgiven for her laughter since she bought Lucy a new butterfly shirt! The picture on the left is what I got when I asked her if I could take a pic of the butterfly shirt...in the picture on the right, she finally turns around but is still cracking herself up. That day she wanted a "little ponytail."
Look how long her hair is!!!!!!
I can hardly stand how cute this kid is...she loves to wear "pretty dresses." Good thing we don't have any ugly dresses!
Miss Megan said she has a soft spot for Lucy and her smiles...which, again, makes me love Miss Megan!! And she senses how much Lucy loves her, too...she said if another teacher walks in (just to stop by, to deliver something, to ask a question, etc.) Lucy starts to lose it, thinking Miss Megan is going on her break!
I am sure there are many more stories to come of Lucy's school adventures!
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