Going to preschool. It's like a big rite of passage. And, the twins started that rite of passage this week. It was such an exciting week for Paige and Taylor - going to school, meeting their teachers, making some new friends. Amazingly enough, they also had none of the first-day jitters you often hear about when children start preschool for the first time. The big school building, the new faces and voices, the classrooms - it was just one, great adventure for them!
I also was expecting to get reports back from the teachers at the end of the first and second days that the girls were missing each other. Mike and I had decided to place Paige and Taylor in separate classrooms to help encourage their individuality and to have their own time and space to interact outside of their twinship. Paige and Taylor are very close because of their special twin relationship. Mike and I always encourage that unique bond and would never do anything to sever that relationship. Their relationship as twins provides a really important support system to each other. However, at the same time, we also want the girls to have an opportunity to explore and develop their own social and academic growth. We want Paige and Taylor to blossom as individuals while still respecting their special closeness as twins. I thought it might be a rough transition this first week, but as it turns out, it was not. The reports from both of their teachers was that the girls did great, didn't ask for their sister, and took right to the activities, projects and the other children! What a great week!
Still at home, Paige is so excited for her first day of preschool.
Taylor and Paige were little chatterboxes the morning of their 1st day of preschool.
I spent about 5 minutes in the classroom at the start of the morning, just to be sure all would be well with Paige before I left the classroom. Here's one quick picture I took of Paige during free-play right before I left.
I also spent about 5 minutes in Taylor's classroom on the first day of preschool. Here's one picture I took of Taylor as she was placing her name tag on the "Look Who's In School Today" attendance chart.
Taylor during free-play in her classroom.
When I came to pick Paige and Taylor up from school, I was met with two happy, bubbly girls who came running to me and gave me the best hug I'd had in a long time from them. My heart was shooting stars as I saw them and picked them up and as they spent the next several minutes telling me all about their new school. It was a great week!
