Riley's first day

What a rollercoaster of a day. I dropped Riley off today at daycare and felt very uneasy. Riley's previous daycare was a small group of children. Kristi, her previous daycare provider, had children that were very well mannered, easy going, had great manners, et cetera. I'm not sure how she did that, but she taught them wonderful manners, and the children really loved and cared for one another. The reason for my uneasiness at her new school? Well, the kids were fighting pretty much the whole time I was there. Riley just stood by me plugging her ears. It was sooo loud in there! Another difference about her previous daycare is that there were basically only girls. Kristi had a few boys, Griffin, Eli, and Ryan, they were so sweet and gentle, never so loud and rambunctious. I'm not sure why the difference here at her new daycare.

So anyway, I believe her teacher was starting to see my uneasiness. Actually, what was going through my head was that I didn't want to leave her here today. The teacher suggested Playdo, and Riley perked right up. I then told Riley I was leaving, and she seemed just fine with that. I had been telling Riley that I would leave her at her new school until lunch, then I would come eat with her, and we'd go home.

So then I went home and cried, cried, cried, called Jason, and cried, cried, cried... you get the picture.

At 11 I went to have lunch with her. When I walked in she was thoroughly enjoying a plate of stroganoff noodles, peaches, and broccoli, even had seconds. This is hilarious considering I can't get her to eat anything at home! She was sitting by a girl, Taylor, with whom she had enjoyed playing with on one of our previous visits. When I asked her if she was having fun, she nodded her head, very excitedly, with a mouthful of noodles hanging out her mouth!

So here I was sitting at home feeling guilty, while Riley was enjoying her day. She decided she wanted to stay till 3 because they were going to be making apple pies this afternoon!LOL!

I'm so proud of Riley, how outgoing and open she is, so brave, quite a little trooper. I could learn a lot from her.