1st Day of School

On Thursday Julianne had her first day of ECFE class.  She'll have a class every Thursday in April plus one next Monday for Farm Baby Animals!  The first class went okay - not great - just okay.  It was Messy Toddler Painting night and she loved the painting and the water we used to clean up.  But soon got bored with that so she and another boy who she made friends with, were running the halls of the Buffalo Lake Elementary School (just like her daddy used to do!!) while the other kids were still painting.  Then it was time for parent discussion where the kids are supposed to play and let the moms talk - yeah right!  I sat down with the other moms and not 5 seconds later my little snickerdoodle was over on my lap.  We're still working on the "separation from mommy and playing by myself" milestone... Then the crying started.  No idea why - but Julianne wanted to go home.  She went to the door, which was closed, and whined that she wanted to go home.  It was almost the end of class and when the other kids started signing their good-bye songs she cheered up somewhat.  Then we were able to go home and she was happy as a clam and we had to sing the Itsy-Bitsy Spider song all the way home.  Go figure - daddy just couldn't figure out why mommy was so crabby when we got home... Let's hope (and pray!) next week goes better!

Julianne Michelangelo Frank 

Messy Toddler Painting at ECFE!