Movin' on up...again

Zoey is moving up to the Teddy Bear classroom in two weeks. I know.

Didn't she just become a Panda Bear, you're asking? Yes. She did. Didn't she just get acclimated to Ms. Berna and is currently in love with her surroundings at school, thriving to a point that she is basically potty trained except at naptime and bedtime, all thanks to Ms. Berna and Ms. Mybol? Yes. All true.

So, in an effort to teach my child at a young age that nothing in life stays the same, and just when you're getting comfortable with The Way Things Are, They All Change, we're moving on up again.

There are two factors driving this change: 1. She's ready. SO ready. Socially, this kid needs to be with the bigger kids. And she did potty train in record time. 2. I need to change her daycare schedule, because of my crazy-ass work schedule, the one in which I can not seem to maintain a consistent day off from month to month. And while the Teddy Bear class is not full, and has plenty of room to 'wiggle', if you will, with the days that she is there, the Panda Bear class is full up and therefore, not very accommodating.

The fact that the Teddy Bear class costs $200 less per month might have something to do with it as well.

So. Here are my main bargaining chips for talking up the Teddy Bears with my wee little Panda:

1. The BIG KIDS in Ms. Nicole's Teddy Bear class get to play on the BIG PLAYGROUND, not the tiny little baby playground. How cool is that?

2. Field trips. That's right. The prospect of riding on that short little bus is Zoey's driving force in continuing to 'get big'. As in, every day when we are leaving daycare, this is what I hear: "when I'm big, I wide the bus!", as she throws wistful glances at the short bus parked out front at the daycare.

Zoey seems to be ambivalent about her impending change, and assures me "I won't be shad! (sad) and cwy in the new woom!". So we'll see.