Day 1 of Daycare

05/31/2011

Today is Arya's first day in daycare. She was doing fine the last time I called. She had a moment (as they said) when she realized that I wasn't there and she started crying but then was easily redirected to their Circle Time (group activities).

I guess that would make one of us - I have spent a good part of the morning crying. I feel like I abandoned my little girl. Everyone I know has told me that she will be just fine and I hope that she is having a great day filled with fun and learning. But still cant help feeling like a big piece of my heart is missing :(

This week I will be picking her up a little bit early - I think more for my sanity. After their nap in the afternoon they usually have a snack and then go outside and play. I doubt she will want to leave the playground and come home with me. But I will give it a try just in case she is ready to come home....

Will post more once I have more details of her first day!!

Another bump on the head!!

Lots of posts today.. catching up on the past few days and today..

Arya was running around playing with Jessica and in the moment of excitement, Arya bounced off the chair and went flying back - fell on the floor and hit the back of her head. I had her in my arms in a second and we put her boo boo bunny on her head and she calmed down and let the ice make the pain better. After about 5 mins, Olga (our cleaning lady) came to ask her what happened and Arya had a full story for her how it was Jecca's (Jessica) fault that Arya fell down. She kept giving Olga the detailed descriptions of how she got her booboo - "Jecca fault I fall.." It was absolutely hilarious how she followed Olga around the house while she cleaned and kept telling the story in different ways.

My poor baby fall so much around other people and then I am told that I am being overprotective and paranoid... :( She seems to be fine, a very tiny bump if even one .... She is definitely fascinated with the idea of sharing that it was Jecca fault I fall... :)
Sorry Jessica but this laugh at your expense was great - just not the part of Arya falling and hitting her head.

My 2 year old has attitude

I am going to just list out a few things:

1. At one of the day care that we went to tour, Arya was trying to interact with the kids in the class. One of the girls looks at Arya and says " You are a princess" and in response Arya shrugged her shoulders at the girl.... Oh my...

2. Jessica (nanny) left the sprayer on our kitchen faucet on by mistake and got herself and the kitchen floor wet. Arya offered to help clean up the mess and wiped all the water off the floor. Not even a minute later, Jessica does it again. Arya looks up at Jessica and says "Great!!!" The expression on her face if it could have been translated to words would have been .. "I just cleaned this mess you made ... you did it again??? Great!!!"

It was absolutely hilarious.

Daycare next week!!

So, Arya is going to start daycare next week. We had been thinking about this for a while. It would be good for her to socialize with kids her age and also to be at a setting different than home so that she can get used to being comfortable at other places besides home.
My hopes of making friends with neighbors with kids same age fell through :( Oh well.. so we toured a few places and finally decided to get her enrolled into a place called Akers Academy. It is a local day care center with only 2 location in the Alpharetta and Cumming area. We liked the place - one of our friends has her son over there.

Her first day away from home is on 31st of May (next tuesday). I am not sure how she is going to do away from home, me, Socrates, Zoey, and Jessica. I am sure that I will be a basket case to not have her in front of me. But I guess we both need to grow a little. I will post another update next week after her first day.

I did a poopy!!!

So - Arya has been working on potty training for a few weeks. We are doing it gently, I am in no rush to push her into it. So far, she has been pooping in the toilet YEAH :) She is still working on figuring out when she needs to pee feeling...

Well her thing is that she thinks every time she goes to the potty she has to poop and then look at it and say "I did it I did it, I did a poopy..." It is hilarious when you hear it, but when you are in the bathroom with her cleaning her up and she is fussing because you wont let her see the poopy yet... well it may not be so funny then. Daddy definitely is not very amused by it. :)

Daddy is trying to explain to a 2 year old why she should wash her hands after using the toilet... Arya's response - "NO I dont need it.."

Every time Arya has to go potty she will look at us with her big eyes and say "I stinky, diaper change. Potty - toilet. Now..." And then she will sit her the toilet and close her eyes and focus on what she is doing. Hopefully she will pay as much attention to studies and listening to mommy and daddy...

More later..Need to catch my breath.

Catching up

So it has been a while since my last post. Lots have happened since then.

We had just come back from Costco and were getting stuff out of the car. Arya decided to get into the driver seat and close the door and turn the music on. We didnt realize it until later that she was dancing to the different channels she could find on the radio. We didnt know that the radio could be turned on without the keys in the car :)

Another day I had gone to Michaels with Jessica and Arya. After we were done at Michaels I was taking something out of the trunk that I need to return to Kohls. Well as I was pulling the box out, all the contents fell out. The first words that come out of my mouth " Damn it" Well guess what - 2 seconds later Arya is saying "Damn it". Of all the words she could have copied that is the one she pics for the day. A few days later while we were playing Wii - suddenly we stop and realize that Arya is saying "Damn it Damn it..."

She is definitley speaking a lot more. She is more expressive, imaginative .... just amazing how much she grows each day.

One day while playing on her rocking table - she counted from 1 thought 10 all on her own without being prompted :) I am so proud of her. She can count to 10 with a little bit of prompting now. She also can say A B C D.. and tried to sing the ABCD song..

She can sing the song " I love you, you love me, we are a happy family. With a great big hug and kiss from me to you, wont you say you love me too" She knows the beginning of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star..." "Mr Sun Mr Sun.."

Her vocabulary is increasing every day....