Keeping Up With Her Brothers. Beautifully.

Not only has it been two weeks, but for the next six months we've got the three kids all at the same school!  

Wren's at the JCC, and keeping up with her brothers quite beautifully.

A few things of note...

One location for drop-off and pick-up is nice.  But.  There's always a but...

But we only have one car that fits all three kids, so trying to figure out drop-off and pick-up has been a bit tricky.  Either we both go and divide up the kids between cars, or one person has to do both drop-off and pick-up on the same day.  

That brings me to the actual dropping off and picking up of the kids.  It is a looooong task.  Many nights, when it was just Max & Otto, pick-up would take a half hour.  Add another kid into the mix and some nights it's taken me 45 - yes 45 - minutes from the time I park my car outside daycare until the time I have three kids and myself buckled up and ready to roll home.  One night I did it under 20 minutes flat.  Joe and I are still trying to figure out how that happened and what we can do to make it happen again.

On Wren's first day, actually her first week at school, she did a great job at drop-off.  She joined Max and Otto at the breakfast table and started eating her pancake for breakfast.  Otto, however, was very clingy and shed the tears that day as I needed to leave for work.  

This week, Wren's 2nd week at the JCC, she cried just a little at her drop-offs.  Within a few moments she'd settle down and enjoy her teacher and brother's company.

Max and Otto really love having her at their school.  Max gets to see her every Tuesday, as their classes pass each other walking to and from swim lessons.  Otto and Wren's class even play together once in awhile.  I've also received an email from Otto's friend's mom that Otto told her how his sister Wren goes to school with him now and he wanted to introduce her.  Max loves visiting Wren in her classroom and his teachers have been kind about using a visit to Wren as a reward for his continued good behavior.    

Back to Wren...  It seems like she's having a really good time at school.  Her teachers - as well as her brother's teachers, who often see her - have been sharing stories with us of all the fun she's having.  That she's super happy and smiley and giggly.  

When we pick her up she's always been engaged and playing with other kids/teachers and comes running to us for a really warm welcome back hug.  When we ask if she had a fun day she gives us a big head nod up and down telling us "Yes," which is so nice to see.  And she loves to blow kisses to everyone as we say good-bye for the night.