New School

The girls started at a new pre-school this month.  The first two days Kiddy#1 was so excited and couldn't wait to get to her new class.  After that it went a bit pear shaped.  The moment she realized that I had to leave she started screaming at the top of her lungs!  The first time she did that I was terrified that she might act out and kick or hit her teacher who tried to help her up from the floor.

Apparently, as they normally do, she stopped screaming the moment I was gone.  The past two days it has been better again.  We will arrive and she will start unpacking her bag and hand her snacks to the teacher to put it away.  She even smiled at her teacher when we walked in yesterday morning which is definitely huge progress.  She normally is a very friendly child.

Kiddy#2 on the other hand adapted so fast!  I was more concerned about how she would handle moving and going to a new school, but she only cried the first two mornings and after that she was completely fine with it.
The second afternoon their dad and I both went to school to pick them up.  Kiddy#2 saw us through the window as we were walking down the stairs.  She obviously must have thought that we would simply climb through the window to get to her, but was she shocked when we had to go around the corner out of sight to come in through the classroom door!  Shame, she got very upset.  She did realize soon enough that we cannot climb through the window though so now it is less of an issue when she sees us coming in.  I saw another little boy reacting the same way yesterday when he saw his dad.

After 11pm last night Kiddy#1 woke up and climb into bed with us.  It was the 4th time she had woken up since she went to bed.  Every time I would take her back to her room, sit with her a little until she falls asleep and go back to our room.  By the 4th time I told her dad that something is obviously bothering her so we must just let her sleep in our bed so that she could at least get some sleep.  Next moment she whispered to me asking where her friend from her previous school is.  They have known each other since they were born and she obviously misses him.

It might be all the big changes that are only getting to her now that is keeping her up at night.  Hopefully she will get back into her normal routine soon.  Luckily she makes friends easily and she already made new friends at her new school.