1st Days at Daycare

This past week, by something just short of a miracle, we managed to land a spot in the St. Andrews day care program. Avery is going twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday, from 9am - 2pm while Mom goes to class.

The daycare is right around the corner from where I work which makes the dropoff in the morning very easy, (except for the fact that I'm the bad guy dropping her off and Mom is the good guy saving her at the end of the day.)

We hung around for about 30 minutes the 1st day just to see what she'd be doing. As you can see below, she immediately jumped right in as if it was no big deal. See ball, play with ball. See toys, plays with toys. See other kids, play with other kids.



For instance, she has just as much fun making a mess while eating at day care as she does at home. The class has 8 kids with 2 teachers, on top of the rest of the staff of the church that stops through to see kids while they're still in the "brutally cute" stage.


They take walks to and from the gym, and, when it's nice out, around the neighborhood.

We're told that Avery has no problem taking her naps, but likes to say hello every time the teachers come in to the nursery to put one of her classmates to sleep next to her. If you haven't seen her in awhile, I'm happy to report that she says "Hey" to basically everyone she sees or hears coming. Her teachers call her a "social butterfly." Great. That should be fun as she gets older.

We've never played with edible paint at home, (and I'm not sure we ever will,) but Avery loves it.



She has her black dog with her at day care, and it seems that no matter how strange a setting she might find herself in, as long as she has that little guy, things are all right. Her classmates are all about her same age, and they look to be a great group that gets along very well.





All of these pictures were taken by the teachers and are part of a web album that they have online for the parents to enjoy. We are thrilled to have found a place that lets Avery branch out to newer experiences that she doesn't normally have at home, (playing with bubbles, paint, etc...) while also meeting new friends along the way. Having the teachers take pictures of everything while it happens is a great bonus.














Her 1st "school" picture is next week. Nicole gets to figure out what she's going to wear. If it were up to me, I'd put her in the "Vote for Pedro" shirt. (We're in an election year, right?) Luckily, this kind of thing isn't up to me.

- James