Morgan & Erin Dahl

Power Tots!

Transitioning to the Preschool Room

I forgot to follow up on Morgan’s transition to the preschool room. Before the transition we had a meeting with both the preschool and the Toddler Two lead teachers. Not surprisingly to us, Morgan had taken on a serious leadership role in the Two’s room, to the point that they were calling her the 5th teacher. She was extremely helpful with everything. She’d help set the table for snack, she’d help clean up, pretty much anything she was capable of doing, she wanted to help. And she was also apparently very good with the younger kids, trying to guide them as to what they were supposed to be doing, etc. Hopefully she was pulling this off without being too bossy.

Of course, when she got the preschool room, everything was turned upside down. So it took her a little while to get acclimated to the system. But I know that she’s helped put out snack at least once. And there has been another transition behind her now, so she is no longer the youngest in the room. So she has someone to mentor (so to speak), which I think she enjoys. And apparently she’s been loving all the additional Montessori work available to her in the preschool room. There have been a couple of mornings where she has said she doesn’t want to go to school, but she never ever wants to leave in the evening. So, all in all, it went pretty well. She’s been a little extra pushy/bossy at home, which Jim and I let slide for a while. But we are back to cracking down on that.

In other news, spring is finally here in full form. For Morgan that means a minute spent inside is a minute wasted. We are constantly outside. Which is nice at this time of year. August, less so. But mid-May…nice.

Morgan loves…

Jim and I were out of town for a few days late last week. We returned on Sunday. As Jim was leaving the house Monday night to go to the grocery, Morgan was quite upset. So I was talking to her about the facts that her daddy would be back soon (with pears and apples!) and that he loved her very much. And this is pretty much how the conversation went.

Me: Daddy will be back soon Morgan. And guess what…he loves you very much!

Morgan (through the tears): And Mommy loves me?

Me: Of course sweetie! Mommy loves you very much too!

And now we start to enter a bit of a round…

Morgan: I love Mommy and Daddy.

Me: And Daddy loves Morgan and Mommy. And do you know who Mommy loves? Morgan and Daddy!

Morgan (after thinking for a moment): I love Caroline.

Caroline is her cousin. The one she had a fabulous time playing with on Saturday while we were out of town. And the one who has made her way into the whole routine. It was very sweet.