transition

This has been a tough week!  Addi has been transitioning from the Toddler room into the Teeder Totter room at school!!!  She's been spending half days in both rooms so she can get used to the new routines and activities.  The teachers have given her glowing reports and have reassured us that she is doing GREAT!!!  That being said, change is just hard! She has played so hard with the kids in her new classroom and has come home exhausted every night this week.  I know that developmentally, she is more than ready for the challenges of the Tedder Totter room, but I'm not ready for her to move.  We have loved her teachers in the Toddler room and have grown to love all the kiddos in there with Addi. 

Bye-bye Toddler room...

Bye-bye Toddler Teachers...we will miss you more than you know!! 

 Addi LOVED riding in the Buggy!  Now she gets to play in the Tot-Lot outside though, so I'm sure she'll adjust to the change! 

 Bye-bye Pack & Play...now Addi will take naps on a cot!

 Bye-bye baby table...now she'll sit at the table in a chair like a big girl!  Glad we've been practicing at home!

 Just a few little pieces of Addi that were in the Toddler room...that picture was taken on her first day in that room! I can't believe how bald she was!!

 Oh Miss Beth and Miss Kara...we're going to miss you so much!!!

Thank you for EVERYTHING you've done for us!!!

 Welcome to the Teeter Totters!!!

Hello Miss Betty and Miss Deidre!!  Addi loves them already and can even say their names! 

 So last night, I got all of her supplies ready.  She gets to bring her own sippy cups now.  You already know now much I love our Inchbug cup bands, so of course those were a must.  I used my Mommy Labels on the lid because the Sharpie just doesn't do the trick!

 Crib sheet for her big girl cot.  Scott asked why we had to send a cute sheet to school...such a silly question!!  Of course our girl must have the cutest sheet in the class...with her name embroidered on it!!

 Family picture to hang on the "family tree" in the classroom...such a cute idea!!

Another change in the Teeder Totter room is that she starts Spanish class!!!  I can't believe it either...I can hardly understand her English!  Scott and I are going to have to brush up on our Spanish!  Hola!!! 

 So today was the big day!  Her first full day in the new classroom. 

She was a little unsure about things at first...

  But quickly warmed up to the new room!

 "Mama there's a play kitchen in here!!"

 Eli and Kylee played dishes with her

Do you see her hiding the bowl behind her back? 

That's what she does now when she doesn't want to share...we're working on that!

 

"Oh my gosh!  They have a slide INSIDE!!"

 "WEEEEEEEEE!!!!"

I know she will do fine with the transition...it's always harder on the mamas!  Liz found me crying the my car in the school parking lot when she was dropping MO off.  She came armed with Starbucks and made my morning better. Watching your babies grow up is joyful and painful all at the same time.  I've haven't found a better word for it yet than bittersweet.  Every stage, every development, every single day is bittersweet.  I'm excited for her to grow and learn, but I long to keep her small forever.  I know it's just part of it, but I sure wish it would slow down!