We pulled Lillie from the charter school the next Monday. Friday went alright, but over the weekend she was still crying off and on about going to school on Monday. We talked with her cousins about the neighborhood school who have gone there and decided to try that. The charter school is very strict and while she was slowly getting used to it, David (who also spent a few hours in her class the first week) and I decided we weren't even sure we wanted her to get used to it. The only time they could really talk was during lunch and recess and it just seemed unnecessarily rigid.

So, Lillie got last week off and started school today. We've decided to start off doing just four hours a day. She was a little sad when I left her today, but when I picked her up she told me was fine about 3 minutes after I left (she was wearing her watch). She was very happy with her teacher. She made friends with the girl next to her and they played with her younger cousin at recess. Lillie was really glad to get to see her cousin at recess. And, while there was no one she knew in her class, she saw plenty of kids she knows from church while she was there. Which is nice.

She also told me that she does better when I'm not there (the only hard part of the day was saying goodbye to me). I had come for the first hour at her request, but even she realized that it would be better to say goodbye at the start tomorrow.

After school, Lillie was even talking about going a full day in a few weeks, but I actually don't care what she chooses one way or the other. I just like that she likes it.