Last Day in Oz

Today is the little angel's last day in Oz.  She's going to her new daycare, the Emerald City, for a little visit this afternoon, then she starts there on Monday.

She may be a little sad to leave Oz.  I never thought I'd say it after all the trouble we had in the beginning, but I may be a little sad for her to leave Oz.  I really like her teachers in Infant II.  However, I think the teachers in the older classrooms are a little frightening, so leave we must.

I wonder how cognizant she is of all this activity. I know that for the past week, every morning when we've waved goodbye, she's cried.  She has awareness now that the goodbye wave means that we are leaving.  I'm sure she stops crying pretty quickly after she realizes it won't bring us back, but all I remember is the crying.  I'm worried it will be hard for her to go to a new place. 

There are some lessons to be learned from her, though.  The little angel generally stops crying if she realizes it won't change things, unless her physical needs are not being met.  But for emotional pain, she ends abandons sadness so much faster than I do.  I am still crying halfway to work, long after I'm sure she's stopped.  Interesting how that works.  And we think adults know what they are doing!