Thursday, November 15, 2007

Teddy Bear Picnic

Claire had her first preschool program yesterday. She sang the songs and did the motions all week. She was very excited that Mama Sue bought her a new teddy bear. She chose her outfit carefully and let me put her hair up in a special way...without crying or yelling at me.

We got to school and she did her normal, "Mommy, don't leave me" routine when I left. She put on her teddy bear ears and paraded down the hallway with the other kids. Then the teacher introduced "The Teddy Bears" and the Sunbeam teacher pulled back the room partition .... and Claire was standing next to her teacher crying (Claire is a Honeybee). No bear ears, no teddy bear in her hands, crying and looking very pitiful. She spied Mama Sue and Papa Rex and ran to them (I was on the opposite side of the room). I tried to get her to participate and ended up in the hallway holding and reassuring her.

I'm so proud of my little drama queen. There will be many more preschool programs to come. =)

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