Adrienne's first weeks of school...

Yahoo sucks!! I wrote a whole draft about Adrienne's first 2 weeks of school on yahoo mail and I was updating as the days went by. Then lo and behold, some stupid glitch in their system and everything I wrote was GONE! It was 2 weeks worth of updates that disappeared just like that.

I immediately contacted their customer care center and requested that they restore my mailbox back to a couple of hours before (as it says on their site they only can do so within 24 hours). Anyway I send in a total of 3 requests for it within a span of 20 hours and they get back to me 3 days later saying "thanks for your request unfortunately I cant restore it because it's been more than 24hours." Okay how dumb is that??? Terrible customer service if you ask me. I felt i had done my part (and even requested the mail restoration 2 more times when I didnt get any sort of reply from them regarding my original request) and their dumb customer care people were just sooo sloooow to move. Ive already complained to them about it and all they can say is "oh yeah sorry 'bout that. too bad for you."


SO ANYWAY

This is whatever I've salvaged from that draft. The entire 2nd week update is missing. Off the top of my head, I can remember that it was the Thursday of the 2nd week where adrienne didnt cry when she was being dropped off at school and the Monday of the 2nd week where she came home and talked about chopping bananas.


WEEK 1

DAY 1
April 12, 2010, Monday
Pickup time: 10:30AM

I dropped adrienne off at little hands this morning. It was a struggle getting her changed and to have her eat some breakfast before going to school.Anyway when we got there, she seemed ok. She went straight in and I didn't think she realized that I was coming in with her. So when she saw me outside the gate - I waved at her and then she burst into tears!! Someone told me that it was important to say goodbye and not just disappear so that's what I did... Anyway right when she cried, her teacher Ms Kathryn carried her and they walked to the playground and then 4 teachers came to her and were all trying to console her. Then she calmed down after Ms Choi carried her and then she somehow convinced adrienne to get on the swing. Adrienne seemed fine at that point. This all happened within a span of 10 to 15 minutes. Next thing I know she was running around the playground exploring. I was sitting in the car just watching the whole time and decided to drive off when it looked like all was ok.
9:40AM Text from Ms Kathryn: Adrienne is having fun on the swing. She settled quickly. We normally aim for a 10.30 pickup on the first day. Does that work for you?
10:14AM Text: She ate at snack time well and is joining in circle time beautifully.
After class, I asked Adrienne how it went at school. She told me she went on the slides at the playground and at circle time she sang Twinkle Twinkle and Eentsy Weentsy spider. She ended with "I was sad [because] mommy [has to] is coming back for me". So I asked if she wanted to go back to school and she said "no." We asked her about the new friends she made and she was talking about a little girl named "Painty/Paint-tin" and a little boy named "Joe" (apparently their names are Katie/Kaitlin and Jay!"


DAY 2
April 13, 2010, Tuesday
Pickup time: 11AM

When Adrienne woke up she was almost immediately in tears. She kept saying "I dont want to go to school", "I dont want mommy to [say I'll] come back [for you]". She kept insisting that we go together to the supermarket instead. And kept crying nonstop while she was getting dressed and barely ate her breakfast.
Anyway, I asked if she wanted Jasmin to bring her to school today and she said yes but then realized it might only be Jasmin so she said "but i want Mommy too"
So the minute we settled her into the car, she stopped crying up until we got to the school. Then she kept saying "No! I dont want to go!". So I let Jasmin carry her and when we get to the gate where they check temperature Ms Kathryn immediately bent down to get her and Adrienne ran away! She tried to hide behind Jasmin's dress and then moved towards the wall and got caught in a corner so her teacher obviously got her and carried her. And then her teacher tells her "Say goodbye to mommy, give her a kiss" and immediately Adrienne flings her arms around my neck and hangs on really tight and wouldnt let go. The woman had to practically tear her off of me and then she hurried to the back pathway towards the playground so that i was out of sight.
Then i went into the car and I could see adrienne being carried by Ms Choi but she was no longer crying. Then they step away for a minute and im like "oh where did they go???" And Jasmin points out that she's on the swing with another kid.
GAH. At school she cried for about 3minutes and that was it! She was fine!
9:39AM Text update: Adrienne settled quickly and is currently happily playing outside.
9:51AM Text: Happy doing water play. :)
10:06AM Text: Enjoying her sausages at snack now. :) Shall we aim for 11 today?
I picked her up and she was showing me how she was stamping with brocolli and corn and carrots as they did vegetable prints today.
I asked her about her day and she told me that Ms Clemmie had mosquitoes and flies on her foot and did a dance, and that today she and matthew went exploring on the playground and they saw a house through a telescope.
I asked her about water play and she said "I played with a bucket and a scoop then we had to put everything away."
At circle time they sang Twinkle Twinkle and Eentsy Weentsy Spider and they also sang "mee-i- mee-i" [I gave her a puzzled look] to which she says "its a song about a farm" --at which point I realized that was "old macdonald had a farm eieio" . Then she goes on to sing old mc donald had a farm and goes through each of the animals from the song.Right before she went to bed, my mom called and asked her about her day at school. Over the phone Adrienne said, "Me, Matthew and Jay were patting the table like this [makes wild banging motion with her arms on the pillow] and the teachers got mad hahahahahaha" and she kept on laughing as if making the teachers mad was a funny thing. I asked her which teachers got mad and she said in between bouts of laughter "Ms Clemmie and Ms Kathryn got mad! They said "NO patting the table!!" [while mimicing their scolding action and stern face]. It's only the second day of school and already she's in trouble!!



DAY 3
April 14, 2010 Wednesday
Pickup time: 11:30AM

The day started out the same with Adrienne crying at home. Then the crying stopped when we got to the car. The mintue we got to school, the crying started again. Same routine, Ms Kathryn gets her and carries her to the playground and hands her to Ms Choi. She barely cried for a minute though. The moment she got to the playground she was fine.
I didnt get an SMS update first thing in the morning so I had to text Ms Kathryn about how she was doing and if she settled as quick as yesterday.
10:04AM Text: Yes very quickly again. :) Aim for 11:30. Doesnt want her sandwich yet.
10:15AM Text: We just had a few tears. Ok again now. Came on for no apparent reason.
I asked adrienne when I picked her up why she cried and she said a boy kicked her leg during snacktime!!! (So her teacher will sit her with the girls tomorrow and away from her snackroom gang)
I asked her about her day and what she did at school. She told me that she explored again on the playground. She also said "I scared Matthew like this. RRRRRROOOOOOOOAAAR! I roared like a lion and Matthew got scared."
I asked her if they sang any new songs during circle time and she told me that "the teachers and kids sang row row row your boat"
Adrienne also said, "I made muesli bars and mixed it with a big spoon" and demonstrated how she mixed up all the muesli.
I asked her what katie looked like and she told me that katie has blue and white eyes and her hair is the same like Adrienne's and that she thinks she's more friends with katie than matthew.But to answer my question, "So do you want to go to school?" Her answer is still NO she doesn't want to go to school because it isn't "funny"!!!



DAY 4
April 15, 2010, Thursday
Pickup time: 12:15pm

Today started out the same - more whining from when adrienne woke up. She didn't cry on the way to school though and only cried once Ms Kathryn got her and carried her to the back. It probably lasted less than a minute because when she got to the playground she was fine. Then I got the sms updates from her teacher that she was having a good day at school and that she was a fantastic dancer. (Apparently adrienne was telling everyone that she goes to dance class then showed off her moves) so they asked me to come and get her at 12:15.
10:34AM Text: Adrienne is having a great morning. :)
11:45AM Text: She is a fantastic dancer :).



WEEK 3
April 27, 2010, TUESDAY

Last night, when we were asking Adrienne if she wanted to go to school today she responded with "I had to say sorry to Jay." I asked her why and she answered "I pushed him ... with my hands!" I asked her where she pushed him and she said "At the house." (meaning the playhouse at the playground area). I asked her if anyone saw her and she said "Yeah Ms. Diamond (Diane) made me say sorry."
Today we were off to a great start. It took me forever to get ready in the morning that from whining "I dont want to go to school" when she woke up, she started whining "I WANT to go to school! Lets go!"
When we drove into school, Adrienne was waving at Ms Kathryn from her carseat. She was so excited to be going to school that she willingly went through the school gates and when Ms Kathryn told her to say goodbye to m, Adrienne gave a big wave and blew me a kiss and said "Bye Mommy! I love you!"
When I came back to pick her up, she was brought down by Ms Clemmie. Adrienne told me that she hurt her forehead at school and made ties for art. I asked about her forehead and she said that she "hurt [her] forehead on William" and that "Ms Clemmie said to hug william when he said sorry." I asked her if she cried when she hurt her forehead but she said no.
She also told me she pushed Beau out of the house today and Ms Diamond (Diane) told her to say sorry to Beau.
I asked her about the ties she made and she said that she made Daddy's ties. I guess we'll see at the end of the week when we get her art folder back!
Adrienne also told me that they sang songs and Ms Choi sang 'hello how do you do."