First Days

Tomorrow will be a big day.  Ella's first day of preschool.  Granted, she will only be going once a week for a few hours, it's still (in my head) going to be a big deal.  I mean, of course it's a big deal, but I sort of feel like I'm maybe the only one who's going to freak about it.  First day in a classroom, first day spending time with a teacher and classmates (aka STRANGERS!) and first time I'm leaving her in a non-family member's care.  Jay and I have joked that I will probably sit in the car the entire morning just so I'm there "just in case."  I really think Ella is going to do great, however, I think I will likely LOSE my shit after I walk out of that school tomorrow.  Look for updates....

Why do I think Ella will do great tomorrow?  That past Sunday was Rally Sunday at church, and Ella's very first day of Sunday School.  We hit up the first service and then walked her to find her classroom.  We were one of the first, since we'd been at the early service.  Her teacher is a high school (maybe college?) student, wasn't expecting that, but that's awesome.  She (Kaitlyn and co-teacher Kami) were there to greet the kids.  Ella found her little (OMG - cute!) chair with her name tag, etc.  We got her situated, and then Jay & I were sort of standing there....sort of awkward....and then Ella was given some crayons to work on one of the "projects" for the lesson.  She started coloring, so I was like, should we go?  We told Ella goodbye - she looked up and waved like it wasn't a big deal her parents were leaving her all alone with these randoms.  So, we left.  We even left the church premises (although that was short lived - I was too anxious about the whole thing - what if Ella is freaking out and they can't get her calmed down, lalalalla)  So, we grabbed a to-go coffee and went straight back to church.  HA!  And here's the funny thing.  It was so obvious where the 3 year old Sunday School rooms were located because the hallway was packed with all of us nervous nelly parents.  HA!  And you know we all non-nonchalantly walked by the classroom to peek in the windows - MULTIPLE times.  :)  So be it.  But, Ella seemed to have a good time, so that's that.  We'll miss this week, but I'm hoping her feelings towards this whole school thing continue on in positive manner.  It'll make it a lot easier on this obsessively worried mom. 

Here's a few pics from her first morning of Sunday school: