Day #2

The first thing Pook said when I picked her up from school yesterday was "Where is my sister?" She couldn't wait to share her adventures! She had a great day, in spite of a "forgot I had to go and couldn't get there fast enough" accident after lunch. I was really worried about that (the nurse called to tell me), afraid that the other kids might tease her. She was very matter of fact about the whole thing and assured me that "Sarah said she had an accident once, too." Okay!

Apparently the twenty minute lunch period passed too quickly for Pook to eat much of her food. No big surprise there, since she can easily linger for an hour or longer over a small bowl of spaghetti. When we got home last night she ate the rest of her lunch and then ate dinner...and I guess the nervous jitters from the first day and her empty tummy didn't get along too well with all the food she stuffed in because about 2:10am she woke me up. I had just enough time to realize I was awake before she vomited all over me. Yuck! She was really upset: "Why am I sick like this again?" She didn't feel badly though, so we showered and went back to bed. I let her sleep in a bit and when she woke up she was ready to go to school! We had to wait and make sure her breakfast wasn't going to come back up, but she seemed fine after eating.

On the way she asked if I could drop her off first "because I want to walk in by myself today." I explained that I had to sign her in because we were late. Once we got inside she told me that she wanted to walk to her room by herself. I let her go, once I had her pointed in the right direction, but halfway down the hall she turned around and waved for me to come on. We stopped by the girls' room just in case, and then she said, "I want to go in by myself." This is what it's going to be like in a few years when she wants me to drop her off down the street so she won't have to be seen with me. I handed her all of her things and stood back. She took a few steps and then turned around and said, "Is this my classroom?" It was, and in she went.