Mia's first enrolment

We went to enrol Mia at the child care centre today, the one where she will be going on a Tuesday and Wednesday.  We had a quick tour round, as Damien had not been there before and then we left Mia to play with the other kids in the play area whilst we went off to do the paperwork.  For some stupid reason this is where I decided to get upset!!  Even though we weren't actually going to leave her there today.  Mia was fine, just looking at the other kids and starting to play with the toys they had out on the floor.  To be honest, the toys at this place aren't that great, they were all a bit damaged and old and not very inspiring to me.  

Anyway, whilst we were in the office, apparently all the other kids came over to Mia and a few of them tried to kiss her!!  The woman looking after her said that Mia just stared at them and didn't seem bothered.  

When we came back, Mia looked visibly happy to see us and started to show us the toys she had been playing with and then she clambered over to us.  We carried on playing with her and the others kids to help ease her into her new environment and a little girl came over and gave Mia a little plastic boat.  So all in all I think it went well, Mia just seemed to take it all in her stride, didn't seem that bothered but not totally at ease with it all either.  I suppose we'll just wait and see what happens at her orientation day.  Mia won't be starting there until 1st April now, so that's a bit of relief for us both as we now have time to get used to the whole idea of Mia not being looked after by us during the day.  We didn't realise how hard it would be for us to put Mia into nursery.  I'm sure it'll all be fine after she's been there for a couple of weeks.

I took Mia to the playground round the corner in the afternoon and she enjoyed herself playing with the different apparatus, slides and swings.  She loves the slide, it's a bit steep for her to go down it on her own, so I hold onto her and slide her down.  She laughs all the way down.

Whilst she was playing with some giant abacus thing, some little girl came over to her and hugged her twice!  Mia just stood there, not moving, with her arms by her side and then she pulled a little face as if to say "what are you doing?" and then attempted to push the girl away.  It was hilarious.  It made me think that Mia will probably stand up for herself with the older kids whilst she is at nursery.  Which in turn makes me feel a bit happier about her going to a nursery.