Dragon's First Day at Kindy

Today was Dragon’s first day of kindy (daycare).  So much for not making it into a big event so it wouldn’t freak him out... he made it a big event!  He was soooo excited!  I was only going to post one first day photo but in spite of our camera making every photo out of focus and too dark or some other issue (I hate it when cameras wreck special photos!) I felt that you needed to see ALL the photos we took this morning.  Don’t worry, there’s only 8 of them, but they just show Dragon’s personality and his excitement so well!

The drop off went smoothly.  He put his sheets away, we put his lunch box in the fridge together so he could find it later, we put his bag on the racks and we headed to the playground... and he was off!  I wished I had already said goodbye but I hadn’t so I signed him in and tracked him down for a kiss... that was the point that he got cold feet.  “Just stay for a little bit, please”.

I stayed for a bit and then they said his class was about to go inside so I said once they were all gathered to go inside I would leave. “please wait with me until we are inside”.

I went inside and we looked around to see who else was in his class and I gave him another kiss and cuddle and said I was leaving.  “just wait a bit more, please”.

I settled him down at the craft table found him a glue pot and some pom-poms to glue and gave him another kiss and cuddle and I was finally allowed to leave.

I think I liked it this way.  Lion made me feel almost unloved on his first day, I like to be needed but not with tears, just for a bit of reassurance and to help him settle in.

His teachers are wonderful.  As well as Miss C, who we knew he would have, there is one of Lion’s teachers from last year, Miss S, and another two ladies who seem really sweet and gentle.  I don’t really know the other two but if I could have handpicked his teachers I would have given him Miss C and Miss S so we know that it will be a WONDERFUL year.

What is he telling us he did today... “I did some stuff, mum”.  He has let bits and pieces slip though... he was singing a new song that he learnt, he must have heard ‘Little Miss Muffet’ at some point because he knew that one and I don’t think he did before, he turned the cubby house (it’s HUGE) into his house and took Miss C up to show her around and he informed Miss C in a very serious voice that “this was Lion’s kindy but it’s not now... It’s myyyyy kindy”.  He has a way of saying things like that that is so darn cute!  A big smile on his face and excitement in his voice but so serious at the same time that you wouldn’t dare disagree with him.

Well, he can’t wait to go back next week so I think we are on a winner here.

PS.  I survived too.  I picked had a coffee with a friend, picked up a few things I needed to get for Lion for school, took Lion on a promised trip to purchase a Lego set he has been working and saving for, got together a meal for a friend with a new baby and sat down for 5 or 10 minutes in there somewhere.