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No, I’m not putting her in day care and going back to work. Tater Tot and I are going to “Pre-School” today! At least that’s what our city rec department calls it. It’s basically a Mommy and Me playgroup dealie that I signed us up for since I have been negligent in making it to the Mommy Group events that are free! Yeah, leave it to me. I’m not winning any Mother of The Year awards. As she has had precious little interaction with other children (and I have had the same amount with other mothers!), I thought it’d be a good idea. I think she’ll enjoy it judging from her reactions to other kids at the park and the beach. She walks up and just looks at them and grins. She’s not overly outgoing, just curious. So, we’ll see! I’ll let you know how it goes…

UPDATE: She had fun! She was the only child that cried during all of the transitions and had a security item with her (yes, Mr. Duckie did come with us!) but, overall, she had a great time! It was very cute that she talked so much. More than any other child, for sure. Even during Quiet Time. From the very beginning when I was filling out our heart-shaped name tags, she piped up “Hearta, hearta.” And “Nummy, nummy.” during Quiet Snack Time. She’s still a little shy around other kids, though. Interested in what they’re doing but when they approach her too quickly, “Mommy!” and she comes a-runnin’. I tried really hard to stand back and let her go instead of hover but with her feeling so obviously insecure the first day, I hate to say, I hovered a lot. But there were times when she was across the room doin’ her thing and I was just watching. She’ll get there. Or should I say “We’ll get there”?