Walking my little boy to preschool
This morning, I derived such a simple, but rare pleasure from getting little T ready for preschool school, washing him up, and helping him brush his little shiny white teeth, watching him pick his clothes and packing his snack box and water bottle into his new Smiggle lunch box. I revere and appreciate such special moments as I don’t get to do this everyday. I am a working mum, and I leave home before he even wakes up!
He had been a little reticent about returning to school after his 5 week whirlwind break- in fact when we were chatting about ‘going back to school’ and telling his teachers stuff about his exciting holiday adventures in Hobbitland, he had turned to me in all seriousness and said “I am not going back to school!”
So, it was with great relief that he didn’t kick up a fuss, and was happy to walk up the street to the end of the road to the lovely corner white house where he gets to spend 3 and a half hours of his day either fending off G from ‘snatching’ his biscuits, stacking blocks and solving puzzles, deciphering his phonics or interacting with the other kids. As for the real learning and street cred, he gets it from his two wonderful big sisters.
This picture illustrates what it felt like for me taking my precious little boy to preschool. Ahhh, such simple, happy joys of life. A blessing indeed.
Love,
R
It's also my son's first day at school today and I missed the opportunity to have 'first day of school' photo with him :(
ReplyDelete1st day of school is always exciting to me :). I even went to check out on my daughter, though she is already in Primary 2 :)
ReplyDeleteGlad that you are now active in updating your blog posts :)
Do you have any good English workbooks to recommend for my daughter ? I just can't rely on those Malaysian syllabus ones.