Seeking Delayed Brilliance: Preschool Excitement

It's been a long few weeks for us, adjusting to the new schedule for Lyric. Hence the lack of initial update.

So far preschool is going very well, from what I hear from her teacher. She made a great impression on the 2nd day when she showed up to school having pooped her pants on the bus. Poor Travis was worried they though he was a bad dad for it. It's a 40 minute bus ride, she definitely has plenty of time for bodily function.

Basically the days go like this:

We all wake up around 7am. I go to work, but not before everyone gets kisses because she won't let me leave til that happens. She gets the bus around 12:05pm, and generally runs for it. She also tends to get herself ready and excited when it gets to be about 15 minutes before that. Class is from 12:45pm until 3:30pm. The bus drops her off around 5 minutes to 4pm. We get newsletters once a week that outline what they are working on in class. Her teacher says that she is going well, and she is adjusting to the routine. She apparently needed some redirection during story time, but that's just typical Lyric, really.

We've already noticed that she's talking more, and she's understanding directions more as well. She brought home her first assignment yesterday, which appeared to be something where she had to draw her face. She drew nothing. I can't really say I'm surprised, but it is kind of a bummer because I know she is capable of drawing a face. Guess that just shows independence? Or something. She comes home exhausted every day so they must be doing something right in terms of stimulating her mind. But really, there's not a whole lot in terms of updating other than that in terms of preschool.

In other exciting news, Lyric has also started dance classes at the Greater Lansing Academy of Dance. It was a toss up between that and gymnastics, but dance ended up being a better fit overall in terms of schedule. We also somewhat know her instructor, which helps when it comes to understanding that Lyric might need a little more direction than the average three year old. I'm hoping it works out better than gymnastics did for us last summer, but we will see. The little bit I saw she did seem to be doing at least SOME listening and following directions. I can only hope that will continue and improve as she adjusts to the class.