Hellcat is "transitioning" at daycare this week. That means she's outgrown the milestones in the room she in now and will be integrated into the next older room. She's been in this new room a couple times at the end of the day when numbers run down and they blend the classes to let a teacher or two go home. So she's familiar with this room already.
In a feeble attempt to 'make the transition as easy as possible', yesterday Eleanor was allowed to spend some time in her new room; then was allowed to go back to her old room. THIS is where the mom and pop'ing began.
When it was circle time in her new room, (which Ellee hates) and time for the chicken dance and ring around the rosie in her old room (which Ellee loves) she quickly turned on the water works at the door and cried "MISS JOOOOOOO! I WANT MISS JO!" and they immediately responded by letting her come back to her old room: she must have been terribly frightened by her new class. riiiiight. Then, when circle time was over in new room, and it was some version of 'sit down and shut up' in the old room, she went BACK to the door and cried "MISSS ASHLEY! I WANT MISS ASHLEY!" AND THEY LET HER BACK IN.
At some point in the morning, she worked herself BACK into her old room. Then, it was lunch time. Her old Classroom has to eat lunch IN their room, and the new room gets to line up and walk down the hall and go to the cafe. Well, that seemed WAY more interesting and this time she just let herself out and jumped in line with her class.
This cycle went on 2 more times before someone's light bulb went off and said "uhm HEY. This little shit is playing us" and by 3:30, after having snack 4 times (instead of twice) and running circles around her teachers, her jig was up. But to her; the whole day was a victory since she got to do whatever the hell she wanted.
Any takers?
