Yesterday was Madeline’s last day of preschool at her current preschool. You may remember my post a while back about some of my concerns about Madeline and preschool. I had gotten to a point where I was just letting things be since Madeline didn’t seem affected by any of it in the least.
2 weeks ago I just had this overwhelming feeling that I needed to call a different preschool that had been in the back of my mind for a while. I had heard great things about it, but didn’t see the point in switching to a whole new preschool. If anything I figured I would maybe look into moving Madeline into a morning class at her current preschool, but I had this nagging feeling that I needed to call the other one.
So, I made the call and we went in for a tour last Monday. We loved it! The only problem was that the class was full and there was a waiting list, and we weren’t at the top of it. The director told us that usually around the holidays/end of the year there is a little shifting and a spot might open up in the next couple of months.
I was somewhat disappointed since we had found a school we loved, but we couldn’t make the switch. Well, turns out 2 days later a spot opened up for Madeline and we quickly ran into the school to drop off her registration fee to hold her spot. She starts on Monday.
The new preschool will have a completely different schedule. She’ll go Monday, Wednesday, Friday mornings. Originally I had thought that wouldn’t work out, but I’ve come to realize mornings really do work best with Anthony’s nap schedule, and 3 days a week is even better than 2!
Even though I’m really excited about Madeline’s new preschool and I think it was a great decision, I was so sad yesterday picking her up from her last day at her current preschool. It would have been easier if I was taking her out because I didn’t like the preschool, but the thing is I really do like her current preschool.
I loved her teachers, and I know Madeline did too. I thought the way they ran the school was great, and the price was awesome. The big problem was that I was not happy about the kids in her class, or their parents for that matter. When I put Madeline into preschool I wanted her to get a little “school” experience, meet some new friends, and socialize. The fact that there were only 4 other kids in her class made the whole idea of socializing and making new friends much more difficult than anticipated especially because 2 of the girls were already friends and were not too nice to Madeline.
So, when I picked her up yesterday I watched the end of circle time when they all said goodbye to Madeline and I got all choked up. Her teachers were so sweet to her giving her hugs goodbye, and were so gracious to me.
For those of you who may not know me well, I don’t necessarily enjoy change. Even really good, positive change makes me feel a little sentimental and sad. I know once Madeline gets in her new school I’ll be fine, but the whole idea of Madeline leaving her very first preschool makes me tear up a little.
Madeline has done well with the idea of moving to a different preschool, so I’m hoping she’ll enjoy her new preschool and we won’t have any difficulty with the transition. I’ll keep you posted!
