Nap time

On Ella's 2nd day of school yesterday the teacher came over to me when I picked her up and said, "She had a pretty good day."  I was thinking BUT...  She continued, "She doesn't want to take a nap."  Well, duh, she doesn't nap anymore.  Basically she has to stay on her nap mat for the entire hour or there could be a problem come end of October.  I took that as if she doesn't lay down then you're going to have to pick her up early.  Well, I got right on it becasue she's staying at school for the full 5 hours we're paying for!  Today I put the nap mat in the living room and set the timer for an hour.  She did pretty good.  She stayed on it the whole time.  She'd sit up and then I'd remind her to lay down.  There was some bribery involved...stay on the mat and she gets a popsicle.  Stay on the mat at school tomorrow she gets to go get an ice cream.  Hopefully she does well tomorrow.  She's enjoying her orange suger-free popsicle as I'm typing.