Addison's first week at school!

This week, Addison started going to day care full time. She just finished her first week and she LOVES it there! I warned them on the first day that she doesn't like to take naps and is a picky eater. Boy, have I been surprised to learn that even the first day, she has taken naps and eaten just about anything they put in front of her. I guess that's the positive power of peer pressure!

There are 10 other kids in her class at Carolina Kids. It is such a nice place and I love the way they split up the children. All the kids in her class are exactly her age, within a couple of months. They have multiple classes in her age group, but they put the ones together that have the same birthday within 3 months of each other. When it's time to go to the next class (when they all turn 2), they all go up together as a class.

Her friend from swimming lessons, Katie, is in her class. Her mom and I worked together a long time ago when we were Winthrop students and now our girls are in the same class together (and swim class last year). Another coincidental thing about Katie's mom is that her parents also live in Greenwood (as does my entire family). Here's a picture of Addison and Katie. They sit beside each other at the table every day.

Today was the Valentine party for the class. I managed to get Addison to wear her heart dress and tights for the party. I tried to get her to wear tights and a jumper yesterday, but after getting her all dressed, she said "No tights. I want pants!" So I didn't have the heart to make her wear it. She definitely has a mind of her own. Here is a picture of her showing off her "canny" that she got at school in her Valentine box. She hit the motherload!

Here is a picture of Addison helping me make her Valentine box this week. Of course, Zoe and Elmo had to be featured on her box!

She seems to really like school and she can say school ("cool"). The other morning, she was wanting to play at home instead of leaving. I told her it was time to go to school and she said, "No cool toDAY, Mama!" I thought that was hilarious! She wants me to stay when I drop her off, but she is fine when I leave. I usually go to the lobby and watch her on the video camera for a little bit and she is always playing when I leave. When Jason picks her up, she usually isn't ready to go home! She also likes to say the name of one of her teachers, Ms. Yasheika ("missheka").

I thought I'd also give a potty training update to all those who read my first post and might have gotten the idea that she was potty trained immediately -- WRONG!! After showing us she was able to do it, she lost interest in actually doing it. I could get her to sit on the potty for a while and read a book, but not much was happening and she really didn't care for it. Now she is telling us "tee tee potty", but it is usually after she has already done it in her diaper. However, this week, she went two times on her own and actually did tee tee in the potty. She's making progress. She is certainly capable, it's just a matter of making up her mind that she wants to do it (which hasn't really happened yet). She does like the idea of wearing panties - I bought her some pull ups and she likes those and calls them "cannies". It is so cute!