New Friends

These are just a few random photos over the summer. Aren't the girls darling????

The past few weeks with pre-school have had their ups and downs. Juliet still screams every time that I drop her off, but quickly recovers. (Teacher Mollie texts me when Juliet stops crying, which is usually before I reach the car).

Sophia has had a hard time with transitions during the day. Teacher Laurie tells me that she gets upset when her friend, Veda, leaves at 12:30, and again when Sophia has to go into the Chameleons room at the end of the day on Thursdays (Sophia is a Platypus).

I had the brilliant idea to get Sophia a darling little stuffed animal deer for her transition to the Chameleons. So far, it is has worked.

Sophia talks about her new friend, Veda, a lot. They both go to school only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. One of their games is to hide rocks in the playground one day, and then go on a treasure hunt to find them the next day. Sophia talks about Veda's special little animal friend that is similar to Bunny Bun. However, Sophia also told me that Veda sometimes tells her that she needs some alone time; and Sophia has said that she likes to follow Veda around. This got me a little worried about whether Sophia's friendship with Veda was entirely mutual.

My fears were all laid to rest today. Sophia has been sick with croup (yuck!) this week and has not been to school. Today, however, we dropped Juliet off for school in the morning. That's when we saw Veda's mom. Sophia said, "Mommy, mommy, mommy! That Veda's mommy!" I said, "Hi, Veda's mommy." Veda's mommy said that Veda had been so sad Sophia had not been at school on Tuesday. Veda's mom said that she was considering extending Veda's day so that she and Sophia could spend more time together!

As for Juliet, she loves her teacher, and says her name often. Drop offs are still rough, but hopefully they will get better. I am sure that there will be more pre-school stories as we continue on this new adventure.