We all survived!!

It’s Friday, and we all made it through our first week of school! McCanless still has a long way to go as far as her morning schedule, and I’m not certain that she will EVER be anything close to a morning person, but I can proudly say that we have been on time every morning!! (Two whole days! A HUGE feat.)

Mel has been taking Mary Clare to Ms. Susan’s and he says that she loves it. He says that he barely has time to kiss her goodbye, because she grunts and rocks as soon as he walks in, eager to play with friends each day! (I’m hoping he isn’t just telling me this, and that it is actually true.) I have spoken to Ms. Susan and she says the same thing, and says that Mary Clare acts like she has known them all forever and has been to Ms. Susan’s all of her life! She even took a 2 hour nap yesterday! Susan says she eats like a horse and loves to climb on everything and is a very good girl. The first day she jumped up to the picnic table for snack, clapped her little hands and grunted (Mary Clare language for “give me that”) as if she knew exactly what to do! Ms. Susan loves her already and says she is the sweetest thing ever.

Ms. Chure, McCanless’ teacher, tells me that she calls on McCanless to help very often and that she is definitely the leader of the pack this year. (Big surprise!) I love being at THA with McCanless. I often get glimpses of her on the playground and in the hall walking to the computer lab, which is just across the hall from my room. She seems so grown-up and towers over most of the other 4K kids. Her best pal, Anne-Hackett, is in the other section of 4K, but I’ve seen them together often. She seems to be doing very well and hasn’t skipped at beat. Her teacher joked with me to today about how “long” it took her to become adjusted. (There was really no adjustment time at all for her.) Last night, she had so many stories of certain friends that were whining, or those sent to the “dog house.” She laughed and assured me that she would never be in the dog house! A lofty goal, but you have to start somewhere, right?

A photo of her cute new nap mat. Thanks, Mimi! This was just before we left the house. After only a few melt downs. (We had to compromise on the shoes. She would NOT have the cute hot pink mary janes I just bought her, and I would not have the gold glitter shoes that are 2 sizes too small!) She was also still warming up to the whole early morning routine. She thought it was “midnight” because it was still dark when we woke up. She wasn’t quite convinced until we actually got to school that other people were awake at such an hour! (Have I ever mentioned that she is her father’s clone?)

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