Our Busy Bee

Let the learning begin! Clara started "school" this week through a local church. It's a Child's Day Out program that she will attend Fridays from 9:30-1:30. Her classroom is called "The Busy Bees", which Blair and I think it quite fitting for our little Clara!

Clara was very excited to go to school and meet her new friends! She picked out her new back pack, in which she calls "poka dot pack cack!" Of course it's pink! She even told me she was going to share her chocolate pudding with her new friends! Now that's excitement! The drop off went better than I expected. Clara seemed a bit overwhelmed at first, but when it was time to enter the classroom, she smiled and ran in to find her favorite toy...a baby doll in a crib! I asked her if it was o.k. for mommy to leave and she said, "I love you mommy...bye bye!" I knew then that she was going to be alright with the separation this new adventure would provide. I held back the tears until getting into the car. The tears were purely from the thought that my "baby girl" is not so much a baby anymore! Blair and I know that she is going to love the socialization this program will provide. It's also going to give mom some 1:1 time with our new addition, which will be nice! Let this new stage in life begin...