Lydia's First Day of School - 2012

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Lydia started school today back at Westminster Day School.  We met her teachers last Friday and they are so sweet.  She was very shy and timid around them which is not how she was last year at school.  She finally warmed up and started playing with the other kids and the toys in the room.
Today she wouldn't let go of me and was clinging on/clawing on to me with her arms and legs and then she started to cry once we passed her off to the teachers.  I snuck back around about 5 minutes later and she was totally fine, playing and laughing...it made me feel better.  They said she sat in her own chair at lunch (with no buckle) and didn't get up until she was finished eating.  And they said she napped on the ground on her nap mat with the other kids for over an hour!  I was shocked since she never napped last year at school.  I just can't imagine all the kids on the floor on their own nap mats sleeping.  Friday and next week might be different stories though.
All in all it was a great first day for Lydia and as soon as we picked her up she just kept saying over and over again...Harley! Harley! Harley!  She missed her Harley-girl.  I'm pretty sure Harley missed her too.
Here are some pics from the first day.  She's such a big girl.  And Lydia's Great-Grandpa surprised us with a visit at the school with Blair.