Preschool Orientation

I recently heard "The hardest part about being a parent is keeping your human being alive".

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE!!

If there is one thing I am a lunatic about (let's be honest), it's keeping Delaney safe!  David's solution (talk about a lunatic) was putting Delaney in a fully encapsulated bubble!  And now, I am not so sure it wasn't a bad idea! Moving on.........

When I started thinking about putting Delaney in preschool, a "safe" school was paramount.  I was told the school had a committee looking into a system that would keep the building locked at all times.  "Looking into" didn't sit well with me.  It was my only hangup with the school but I went ahead and enrolled her.  At orientation last night, the Principal nonchalantly announced that in the next two weeks they will have the school completely locked at all times and the parents will be given security cards that will be used to enter the building.  I HEARD NOTHING ELSE THIS LADY HAD TO SAY!!!!!!!!!! We just so happened to be in the church part of the school so a quick THANK YOU JESUS was in order! After all, I was in the right place.  

When we got to Delaney's class, she took her seat NEXT TO LUKE! Yep, and Luke is still a boy's name! And she didn't waste much time before she started talking to him.  I can see how these parent/teacher meetings are gonna go for the next 12 years "talks too much in class"!

There are 13 kids in her class and there are two sets of twins.  I'll leave that up to her teacher to explain! She told all of the parents that she knows how hard it can be to send your kids to school for the first time and that she recommends on the first day if the kids are having a rough time parting ways to just leave and let them deal with it.  I plan on doing nothing of the sort.  My plan is to park myself in the rocking chair I saw in the corner! 

It was a successful night (although I will try and get Delaney seated between two girls and a little closer to the emergency exit) and as an added bonus, I managed to bypass the PTF table that unfortunately for Delaney, had goody bags!

I think it's going to be a great school year and I say this solely on the fact that after reviewing the school calendar, it seems as though Delaney will be spending most of the year having class parties and going on field trips!

(I was NOT the only mom who was taking pictures! The little chairs alone were picture worthy.) 

I wonder if they will be teaching how a lady is suppose to sit!

And now for Delaney's Daily.......

We were getting ready to leave for orientation and I was in my bathroom, Delaney was in (well, what has apparently turned into hers) and I hear "Ashley, Ashley, Ashley,"..........I walked into "her" bathroom and said "you mean mommy" and she said "where's my toothbrush and toothpaste"? WHY is my 3 year old calling me by my name??