Back to school

It was back to school for Sydney today after the holiday and even though the teachers asked me to spend the second half of class with her, she started to relax and have fun. They played outside about 45 minutes while I was at the library (I'm glad I bundled Sydney up in her snowsuit!) and when they came in she started to cry. The crying is ok it's just that it's a very loud cry and her teachers shared that the kids will cover their ears. So I came over and played with her, trying to keep her distracted from getting upset. We played with a train set, crayons and playdoh. She wanted to paint at the easel but didn't want her teacher to put on her smock. I wasn't going to put it on for her so she missed out. But at least she was playing and not walking around in tears. After free play the kids sat down for circle. Sydney started to fuss for me to sit next to her so I explained "Mommy is going to sit in the chair and Sydney is going to sit on the floor." She accepted it and sang with the class and listened to a story about snow. Their activity was to make a snowman face by using a glue stick to glue a black hat cut from construction paper onto a white paper plate. Then they used black and orange crayons to draw the snowman's eyes, nose and mouth. I stood back about five feet or so as she made her snowman. Next was snack time and she cried that I wouldn't follow her into the bathroom, but she was coming right back. She enjoyed an english muffin pizza and milk (quite a snack!) and afterwards the kids looked at books until the last circle time. They put their coats on (Sydney let Mrs. Cometa help her) and they sat on the carpet. In the meantime I wiped a child's nose and quietly ducked out to wash my hands. As I was coming back I noticed she was quiet so I stayed outside the classroom. The other parents had arrived so I waited with them. Sydney's name was called to leave the classroom. She started to cry but saw I was right there and was ok. So all in all it was a good day. We can only get better from here!