preschool was a no go

After much deliberation and prayer, we've decided to pull Presley out of preschool. I kinda feel like we are giving up but then again we gave it a month. And she still rips my heart out every time, begging me to not go or for her to go home with me. This morning she didn't even want to get into the car. It's hard when I already have to leave her 3 nights out of the week to go to work. (and it doesn't help when I see really sick kids at work and constantly think about that when I'm not with her!) Maybe she'll be the 10 year old who is still clingy, who knows. But right now, she's only 2. We still have time to do school later. We only really did 2 year old preschool for her to get some interaction with kids her age, because we don't have a playgroup or friends that we see on a regular basis. I know that Presley eventually does calm down and have fun for the day, but I'm still left reeling emotionally from the awful separation that occurs each day. And let's be real, preschool ain't cheap! So I was basically paying to have my heart ripped out! I know that's a little dramatic, but that's what it feels like! Sorry, I know that was a mess to read but it all just blurted out of me.

Anyway, on to funner stuff! We went to Atlanta this past weekend for a quick mini vacay so that's what the next post will be about.

Open House

Presley is going to preschool this year. That's right, I just typed the craziest sentence. How can my baby be ready to go to preschool? I feel like I just brought her home! Well, she is the youngest kid in the class. All the others are 2 1/2 or almost 3, but we felt like she needed the social interaction since she doesn't hardly ever play with kiddos her own age. And she pretty much has her own personal teacher at home in my mom who teaches her loads of stuff! :) And for that, we are very grateful!

They had open house today and we went a played for a bit and met Presley's teacher, Miss Tory. She hasn't ever taught preschool before so this will be a learning experience for all of us! Ha! Presley will be going Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am-1pm, and that class is all girls! The M,W,F group is all boys; how funny is that? She already likes going to "tool time"! But then again, we haven't left her by herself yet. Hopefully there will be few tears and lots of smiles in the future! Oh, I almost forgot, Jeremiah took off today so it was awesome that he was able to come too! Poor thing won't ever be actually taking her or picking her up because he'll always be working during those hours. :(

total random side note- You could definitely tell we at a Florida preschool...there were no smocked apple dresses or monogrammed clothes on today. In fact a mom/daughter duo had on swimsuits and cover-ups! Presley still represented her southern mama well in her Castles & Crowns and monogrammed lunch box! ;)


Afterward, Presley and I went with my Mom to check out the train museum where Jaden is having his birthday party next weekend. And of course we had to get some pics, because Presley LOVES trains! I know she is going to love his party!