First Day of Preschool

We must have been excited this morning as we woke up at 5am. Well probably not excited, just doing the normal "I'm Bella and I don't have a schedule" routine. We needed to leave home around 7am, in order to get downtown for the start of preschool at 8am. It's a 35 minute drive, but if we leave much later, we hit all the rush hour traffic. I was really hopeful that Bella would fall asleep on the drive. She did for about 3 seconds, and then opened her eyes back up and screamed. I guess she fooled me.Bella had to have a backpack for preschool. Since I was buying it right after prime back to school time, there wasn't as much to choose from. Most of the toddler back packs had Dora the explorer, and princess themes. Bella doesn't get in to any of that yet. About the only show she watches in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and that's just because I like the ending song "Hot Dog Hot Diggity Dog". So I thought I would go retro with the strawberry shortcake. I always took a strawberry shortcake doll with me to preschool. My mom still has that doll at home. Sounds like a good time to wash it up and let Bella have it, Grandma.....start washing!
We talked with all the teachers going over her schedule, how she eats, what to do if she gets fussy, etc. They seemed to have everything under control and it looked like it was going to be good for her. I took this picture right as I was leaving. I can almost hear Bella saying
...."It's okay mom, they are going to feed me now, everything will be just fine. See you later"

-I picked up Bella at 3:30, I actually went and observed from 3 o'clock, they were cleaning up from play time, and Bella was laying on the floor on a wedge. The assistant teacher was just coming to get her and took her into the bathroom. She came out saying "What a stinky girl". I'll second that, Bella can clear a room with her diapers! They put her in her chair and were getting the class together for activity time. They painted with apples, and an assistant helped Bella create some artwork. Then they had circle time. They all sang a song, which was a hello song to Bella for being new in the class. It was then time to go. She did a great job on her first day of class. The teacher said she fell asleep during lunch time, which would be normal if she got up so early. Let's just hope that she sleeps in tomorrow, so she can participate a little more.