{"id":260,"date":"2006-09-06T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T20:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/?p=260"},"modified":"2006-09-06T15:04:11","modified_gmt":"2006-09-06T20:04:11","slug":"we-did-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"We did it!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was McCanless&#8217; first day of 2-year-old kindergarten!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2755.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_2755.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2755-thumb.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>McCanless had to pack a few &#8220;friends&#8221; to take along with her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2758.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_2758.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2758-thumb.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2756.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_2756.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2756-thumb.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2759.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_2759.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2759-thumb.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"305\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A brief &#8220;McCanless&#8221; moment, and we were back on track and ready to go!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2765.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_2765.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2765-thumb.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2762.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_2762.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2762-thumb.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Things were going well!  McCanless was excited and even had a flower to give Ms. Jordan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2767.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_2767.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/mt\/blog\/archives\/100_2767-thumb.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"362\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, until we got there!  As we pulled into the parking lot, McCanless looked at me and firmly said, &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to see Ms. Jordan.&#8221;  I looked at Mel and knew that she meant what she said.  I was ready to turn around and take her back home. Mel wouldn&#8217;t let us go.  &#8220;She will be fine..she&#8217;ll love it,&#8221;  he said.<\/p>\n<p>Each step closer to her room, she held onto me tighter and tighter.  I had to do what I once thought was the most horrible thing a mother could ever do.  I had to pass her on to her teacher and walk out of the door with her screaming, &#8220;MOMMY!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I was so upset&#8230;with Mel for not letting me take her home&#8230;with that teacher who wouldn&#8217;t know how to hug her the way I could&#8230;with my dryer for not having her silky dry enough for her to take to school&#8230;with that woman in the hall that said, &#8220;wait until she goes to first grade&#8230;then wait until she goes to college.&#8221;  Was that supposed to make me feel better?<\/p>\n<p>I was about to turn around and get my munchkin when I noticed that she wasn&#8217;t crying anymore.  One day down&#8230;and guess what?  She absolutely loved it and cried to stay when I picked her up.  She sang, &#8220;Little Bunny Foo Foo&#8221; all day and  spoke of her friends and of painting, and beamed when she showed me her folder with the most beautiful First Day of School drawing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was McCanless&#8217; first day of 2-year-old kindergarten! McCanless had to pack a few &#8220;friends&#8221; to take along with her. A brief &#8220;McCanless&#8221; moment, and we were back on track and ready to go! Things were going well! McCanless was excited and even had a flower to give Ms. Jordan. Well, until we got there! 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