The Groves Girls: First Day of Preschool!

Today was Lauren's first day of Preschool! She was pretty excited. Which was good because last night at 4:30 a.m. she woke up crying telling me she didn't want to go to preschool. Which made mommy a nervous wreck trying to figure out how I could get her excited about going 4 hours later. But luckily she woke up with a different attitude and we were ready to walk out the door before 8!

I yawned yesterday and my eyes watered. Lauren asked "Mommy are you sad I'm going to preschool." I responded with "Absolutely!" She said "Don't worry mama, I'll go to school and you and Adalynn can go to the store then pick me up later."

Ok, just one more picture from the deck....

Showing off her pint sized back pack. It's completely unnecessary but it makes it more "real" for Lauren.

In front of her preschool. It's held at Westwood Baptist Church in Olympia. She has a class of no more than 25 and 3 wonderful teachers.

She got her name tag, hung up her coat and backpack and was ready to play! Unfortunately you won't see any other students in her pictures, we've been asked to refrain from posting pics with other students on any social medias. If you haven't noticed yet, Lauren has a black and blue spot on her bottom lip. The door know whacked her and of course it happened the day before her first day of preschool!

This is Mrs. Forbes. She is the lead of the 3 teachers. Super sweet, but I think they have to be to deal with 25 preschoolers! We made them each a gift; a pint jar filled with cookies and a tag that reads "I'll be one smart cookie with you as my teacher!" Daddy called it brown-nosing but it can't be because they don't get grades in preschool!!

I left after being there for about 5 minutes....I figured the sooner the better! I turned to her and said "Mama and Baby Adalynn are gonna go but we'll be back when you're done to pick you up." She kind of paused and said "Okayyyy." Then Mrs. Nash came over to where she was playing and asked who wanted to paint and of course Lauren wasn't going to say no! Great timing and distraction Mrs. Nash!

Preschool is from 8:50 to 11:30 a.m. There were a handful of us mommies that just couldn't stay away, so we got there a little early and anxiously stood in the hallway for our kiddos. We were soooo bad, going over to the window trying to not get caught, but checking in our little ones. One mom said about her daughter "Awe, she's found a friend!" I said, "Which one's yours?" She said the red-head and I said "Oh mine is the one in the denim she's talking too!" We were told that circle time went sooooo well for a first day and had a picture sent out (that I obviously can't share on here...bummer). But of course Lauren was front and center!

On the way out, looking for mom with Mrs. Nash.

This is my picture Lauren painted for me today. It's beautiful and she was soooo excited to show me! I'm still not sure what it is, but we were told not to ask either! So I have to say "Tell me about your picture." We are in the building self-esteem phase....they obviously don't know Lauren yet!