Goodbye Old School, Hello New School!

When Jillian turned 10 weeks old, we started her at St. Michael's Episcopal in the Little Saints School.  And for the past 10 weeks, she really loved her school, and her teachers, and all her little friends!  She loved all the toys there, and daily walks in the gym, and doing fun little art projects.

I was extremely grateful for the teachers and staff at St. Michael's, especially Miss Briana and Miss Allison, who took such good care of Jilly!  They would love on her, comfort her if she cried, feed her, and rock her to sleep!  And they tried real hard to keep her bows/headbands on and I could tell that they really grew to love my baby girl!  After all, they had watched her for half of her life!!!

But we got a call from a different daycare facility that a spot had opened up.  The new facility is closer to our jobs and to our new house so we knew it was time for her to leave St. Michael's.  Her teachers were so sad that Miss Briana actually cried!

Last Friday was Jillian's last day at that school.  She waved bye-bye to her old school (OK, I waved her hand for her).  She will miss her friends there, like Jackson and William, and all the wonderful teachers and staff at St. Michael's!  Thanks for being our school family for the past few months!

After the holiday weekend, she started at her new school on Tuesday.  She had no idea that she was going to a new school, but I had the "first day of daycare jitters" all over again!  Would her new teachers love her?  Would they care for her like her old teachers?  Would they know how to comfort her?

Julian and I took her to school together that morning and of course, I cried in the car on my way to work.

But at the end of the day, when I picked Jilly up from her new school, they said she had a good day at and that she was "cheerful" and "curious" all day long.  It will take some getting used to, but I am sure we will grow to love her new school, new teachers, and new friends just as much!