Dear God....

Parenting can be tough at times. This past week have brought about some big changes in our household. We moved Eleanor to a new preschool this year. She LOVED her preschool last year, but we wanted to open enroll our kids to a larger district, so we moved her to a new preschool.

She was doing great things at this new preschool. She had just finished all of her red reading drawers and was learning some math. But, when I picked her up in the car each day, she was different. She was not the bubbly, crazy girl I picked up from preschool every week last year. She never said much and there were frequent tears. She missed her 'little' preschool.

Last week, I volunteered in her preschool and was able to observe her for the day. I was most sad when her teacher commented that she had never heard Ella 'giggle that much'. I know that last year Ella was always giggling, laughing and smiling at preschool. It broke my heart that she was not as happy. It hurt me even more that we had taken her from a place she loved because of a decision David and I made.

David and I did some research on the schools, visited one of the elementary schools and talked to both sets of preschool teachers. We also talked with Ella to see what she wanted. She was sad to leave her new teacher, who was WONDERFUL, but she wanted to go back to her 'little' preschool.

Today was her first day back at preschool and she was laughing the whole way home. This was a huge decision for David and I to make the first time around. It was even harder and bigger this time. We pray we made the right choice and our kiddos are happy!

Now off to start worrying about her riding the bus to school next year...