Woohoo, MDO Has Begun!

Last week BOTH boys started Mother's Day Out. This is Tristan's 3rd year to go, but Parker's first, and he definitely had a case of the first day jitters, or maybe I should call them the "first day screams"!

Both boys were up early Tuesday morning and I made them each their favorite breakfasts, TRistan had cinnamon rolls and Parker had waffles. The boys got dressed, Parker of course had to pick out his own clothes but at least it was two solid colored items so it wasn't a fashion disaster and Tristan let me pick his out (whew!). They then got their backpacks and lunch boxes and took the traditional first day of school pictures by the front door.

As you can see, both kids were all smiles at home posing by the door...and they both actually listened and allowed me to take all the pictures I wanted to!

But, only one child stayed all smiles once we got to school! Tristan went straight in to school and to his classroom...he couldn't wait to get there and see his buddy Peyton. He walked into his classroom, scanned the room looking for Peyton, didn't find him and looked at me and asked "where's Peyton?" He couldn't have cared less about me or the fact that I was leaving him...guess we are past that stage. I snapped a few pictures of him with his teachers, got my hug and kiss and headed out the door to take Parker to his classroom. As we were walking away I heard Tristan yell from the door "Bye Mommy, see ya later, love you"...yep, defintely over the fear of separation phase!

So, on to the child who has not got over the fear of separation phase,my little baby Parker! He was not happy at all about going to school once we got there. He loves his lunch box and carrying it in to school, but that's about the extent of it. I knew it was going to be rough for him. Long story short, he cried for an hour after I left him Tuesday morning until finally one of Tristan's old teachers came into the room and took him to her class (the other 2 year old class), where he finally calmed down and now has been moved to permanently.

He doesn't like to be left in unfamiliar places or with unfamiliar people so I think he was a little more comfortable in the other room with the other teachers since he was used to dropping and off and picking up Tristan from that room all last year. He was all happy when I picked him up that afternoon and even took pictures with his teachers. He still gave them a pretty hard time when I dropped him off on Thursday, but I have hope each week will get easier!

Maybe by kindergarten I will have BOTH kids happy to go to school!!!!