School

My darling little girl started school yesterday. Even though I work in the same building, she was so nervous. I felt it in the way she grabbed me when I was about to walk out of her classroom. She had the most frightened look in her eyes. She is a professional faker these days so I couldn't tell at first if she was faking it or not. The moment I realized she wasn't was when she set up her tiny, yellow chair in the hallway between my classroom and the classroom she was in and sat there crying until I noticed she was there. My heart broke a little. I knelt down and she clung to me as if an asteroid was hurdling towards earth and we were all about to be vaporized. There was no consoling her. Even though I am always nearby, being in a classroom setting with an authoritative figure she has never met before was nerve-wracking for her to say the least. I know she'll get used to it, but it still made me feel for her. She spent a lot of time when the children were napping in my classroom (she hasn't napped in a long, long, LONG time) and I read her books and held her close. Then when the kids in her class woke up, she met a friend named Gabby and I didn't let her notice me for the rest of the day. Of course I went to check on her, but I hid. It made me the happiest Mom in the world to see her playing so nicely and having so much fun. I want her to get used to school and it's the perfect set up. I am there too. What more could I ask for?

Unfortunately after her first day, she acquired an ear infection. I didn't think it would happen that fast. May her body continue to build immunity! ;)

Pictures to follow. Google images is being a turd right now.



Renee