Shaylee's 1st Day at Sunday School and Her New Bed

Today was Shaylee and my first day at our new church- New Day Christian Church. We arrived and Shaylee immediately took to the other children in the children's area. So well in fact that she barely noticed me so I, with a deep breath, asked her if I could go or if she needed me to stay. Surprisingly she said I could go so I kissed and hugged her and attended the service.

The service was really relaxed. They sung contempary Christian songs and have the lyrics on TVs, kinda like karoke. I amazed myself at how I seemed to know all the words and melodies even though I had never heard some of them (some I heard on a CD infomerical). I really felt at ease...a little emotional even. I found myself a little choked up at the pastor speaking. I even knew a few girls from high school that attend.

After the 1 1/2 hr service I picked up Shaylee from the "New Bees" class. The woman who was supervising the room, also a girl I knew from highschool, said Shaylee had a little meltdown about 30 to 45 minutes after I left but after offering a snack of pretzels, she soon calmed down. I was relieved. This was the first time Shaylee has EVER been left with someone that wasn't a relative. Ever. It was a very big step for her- and a good experience to prepare her for preschool. I have decided to take her every Sunday we are able.

After dropping her off at GG's for the afternoon, I purchased her new big girl bed. She has previously had her crib mattress on the floor but I was getting tired of the amount of pet hari that gathered around it and felt Shaylee would probably sleep better if she was elevated off the floor more. So I rearranged our bedroom to accomadate the new toddler bed which involed a major cleaning project of our closet.

I even bought some Disney Princess sheets and a pretty pink blanket to go with it. So we are hoping the novelty of having a new bed with special princess bedding will promote Shaylee to sleeping on her own instead of with us. Two and a half hours later, I finally had it build, made and ready to surprise her. She is such a big girl now!