Lylah's "School"

Lylah goes to MDO (Mother's Day out) two days a week. Originally, she went only one day a week, on Thursdays. When I enrolled her in MDO, she was about 9 months old. I could not imagine her going more than one day a week. She was so small! And she is the youngest in her class, along with another boy who is her Birthday twin. (Sept 1st is the cut off, and her b-day is Aug 31.) 

Here she is on her first day:

She's so tiny!

What I remember about this picture was that she wasn't very good at wearing shoes yet, and had only been walking for a few weeks. The shoes she has on were too small, and purely for the picture. And being the prepared mother that I am, I had no non-baby shoes for her to wear to go outside at school. After her first day (where I apologized over and over for sending her in baby slippers), I went shopping and gave her a crash coarse in walking in real shoes. 

We have had a little trouble with crying when I drop her off. She would go through times where she would sob (only for a few minutes, until I'm gone) and times when she would hop off my hip, wave "buh-bye!" and go play. It's quite a range of emotions. I never know quite what I'm gonna get. 

Regardless of her drop off reactions, she gets excited any time I say we're going to "school". She says "Yeah! Amy!" (one of your teachers) and just recently she started naming classmates. "Hayley! Abby! Anna!"

Before school with your "ba-pack" or "backie".

You love your teachers, Ms. Krista and Ms. Amy. They are SO sweet to you! Here they are with you at your Fall Party.

Around December, I started to think that she would enjoy two days. Read: me too. I didn't even know if I could, but I asked and they said yes! Then I was really worried that I would miss you. And I do. I usually pick you up a little early cause I miss you. (How pathetic does that sound when I say it out loud?) 

Here you are at your "Happy Birthday, Jesus!" party. 

 I am so glad I decided to send you to Mother's Day out. SO glad. I had reservations about doing it, but it has been good for everyone! I noticed that after you started school, you would repond to my directions better. You sit down on command, and you started talking more and more.

I love having time to myself! I can actually vacuum! Cause L hates it. H-a-a-a-tes it. Sometimes I mop. Sometimes I read. Sometimes I go crazy and go to Starbucks and sit. Inside. (INSIDE!) Sometimes I just run quick errands that would be a pain to do with L (getting her in and out of the carseat. If you have a baby, you know). 

I love that she goes to a Christian school, and that they have chapel and teach her about Jesus. I love that. She loves going there, and they say she loves going to the gym and snack time. No surprise there.