As we mentioned a couple weeks ago, Joseph just moved up to the next room at daycare: he started full time in Room G last week. Now, it’s Julia’s turn. She’s going to be visiting Room D in the preschool next week and officially moving up on June 23.

On one hand, this seems likely to be a rough transition for her. She really fond of her current teachers, Ms. Pat and Ms. Monica. When I drop her off in the morning, she’ll often run up to one of them and give her a hug (often catching them completely unawares, but that’s another story); she’s really had a chance to bond with them in the time she’s been in their room. On the other hand, despite her fondness for her teachers, she still has a hard time coping with being left at school: goodbyes without tears are the exception, not the rule. With that in mind, it’s not as though things are going to get harder in the morning.

Her new teachers will be Ms. Michel and Ms. Ngoc. Although she obviously doesn’t know them as well as she does Ms. Pat and Ms. Monica, she seems to like them well enough, and from what I’ve seen while passing through, Room D is a warm and positive environment. Plus, a number of her friends are moving up as well (or already have), so that will make things a bit easier.

In any event, it should be an interesting couple weeks.

Update (7/10/2011):This went very, very badly. Let’s just say that first impressions can be misleading and never speak of it again.