Lydia's First Day of Preschool - Take 2; China

Today was Lydia's first day at preschool while we are here. She walked right into the classroom and didn't hesitate once. She has a really nice teacher, Miss Annie, and from what I can tell, some really sweet classmates. They all said "good-bye Lydia" and some even gave her hugs at pickup time. The day went really well according to the teacher as well as Lydia. The only time she got a little homesick was when the kids were practicing for the upcoming Chinese New Year program... which entailed practicing songs in Chinese. I think I may have had a few tears myself in that situation. But when she came out of school at pickup time she was all smiles.

I, for one, am very impressed with the school already. The teacher sends home a little notebook each day where she writes individual notes for the parents about the day, the child, etc. There is a phonics songbook that we received to practice from as well as a practice reading book that Lydia should practice reading and then she needs to draw a happy or sad face on the reading log to indicate if she did or didn't like the book. I already feel so much more at peace with the decision to send her to preschool while we are here... it was an extremely difficult, anxiety-filled choice for me. Thank you, Lord, for answered prayers!