We made it through the first week of kindergarten.
There was a moment-- right after I walked out of the doorway, but had not yet taken my eyes off our sullen little girl sitting on the rainbow rug-- when I didn't know if we could do it. She would need me. She wouldn't like it. She would get lost on her way to the bathroom, or forget how to unbuckle her backpack, or not find a friend.
Of course, she did fine.
And we did fine too. (well, we cried a little).
By the second day we were all a little more used to it. And she exclaimed to me Thank you, mommy, for sending me to kindergarten!
By the third day, (today), we have now become professionals at this kindergarten thing. It's pretty amazing that she is there all day-- and they are learning music, going to the computer lab, approaching math...
And I am realizing the time I now have to work and be with Eloise-- it's going to be an entirely new world-- and I think I'm going to enjoy it.
But, admittedly, Friday night is nice. It's great to have my girl back home, sitting in her underpants, eating a milkshake, watching a movie, staying up late. Tomorrow she and grandma will make cookies, and we'll go on a long walk. It will be just like the old days, when we were young and didn't go to kindergarten.
There was a moment-- right after I walked out of the doorway, but had not yet taken my eyes off our sullen little girl sitting on the rainbow rug-- when I didn't know if we could do it. She would need me. She wouldn't like it. She would get lost on her way to the bathroom, or forget how to unbuckle her backpack, or not find a friend.
Of course, she did fine.
And we did fine too. (well, we cried a little).
By the second day we were all a little more used to it. And she exclaimed to me Thank you, mommy, for sending me to kindergarten!
By the third day, (today), we have now become professionals at this kindergarten thing. It's pretty amazing that she is there all day-- and they are learning music, going to the computer lab, approaching math...
And I am realizing the time I now have to work and be with Eloise-- it's going to be an entirely new world-- and I think I'm going to enjoy it.
But, admittedly, Friday night is nice. It's great to have my girl back home, sitting in her underpants, eating a milkshake, watching a movie, staying up late. Tomorrow she and grandma will make cookies, and we'll go on a long walk. It will be just like the old days, when we were young and didn't go to kindergarten.
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