This past Tuesday was your first day of Mother's Day Out. I signed you up a couple months ago to start after the Holidays and was all gun-ho about it. Then as time passed and it was really going to happen I started to freak.....My baby isn't old enough to do this yet! I can't just leave her like this! What was I thinking?????
I decided I would walk you in the first day instead of using the car line that they encouraged me to do. I could just see it all playing out in my head, huge tears and screams (from the both of us) as they pulled you out of the car, and I just couldn't go through with it.
So in we go walking to your classroom holding hands, and I immediately start to remember scenes from the movie Father of the Bride. Oh that movie, it brings me to tears no matter how many times I've seen it.
I couldn't help but think to myself this will be one of the many memorable walks we will take together as you grow up.
We get to your classroom and your teachers were expecting this new little girl I was bringing. You see all the new toys to play with, and I am able to kiss you goodbye and walk out without any tears which was such a relief! After all my worrying over it and you did wonderful.
I pull out of the parking lot with four whole hours to myself thinking, hey, I could get use to this! I got all my errands done and it was fabulous.
When I went to pick you up the teacher opened the car door and you said, "Hi Baba!" like it was just another ordinary day. They said you had a great time and never cried. Then you fell asleep on the way home and slept for two hours. I thought hey....now I can REALLY get used to this!
Needless to say I think both of us are going to like Mother's Day Out and had a good first day!
