The start of a brand a new year..
Also the start of a brand new school for my son...
Loads of emotions running through me, excited, nervous, apprehensive, gosh, I feel as if it is ME who is going for my 1st day at school!
My son, however, was steady only. He did not appear nervous at all. He knew that he was going to a new school, and having new friends, and learning new stuff. He even said to me that he was excited! Thank god we prep him early for this.
Since early December, hubby and myself had already started preping him for P1. We got his books and materials (about $200!!), uniforms, shoes, and socks. We let him choose his own school bag and writing materials. We even set a corner in our room for his books and stuff. I cannot imagine how it would be like when he goes to secondary school/JC/Poly/Uni.
Anyway, I think he was quite ok cos he has been through childcare and kindergarten. This is nothing new to him.
As we enter his new school, we saw other kids crying and hanging on to their parents. I'm so proud of my boy who was smiling happily. As he left our side (me, hubby, Kyra and my dad was with him) and went up to the staircase, tears came to my eyes. I can't believe my baby is so grown up, it seems just like yesterday he was still learning to walk & talk.
Handsome, right?
We stayed on till recess to see him...just wanted to know whether he is able to get food for himself. We told him earlier that he could only buy from the halal stalls. Alas, we could not see him at all as parents were not allowed in the canteen. All of the parents were outside the canteen straining our necks trying to catch a glimpse of our kids.
But we got super excited when we finally managed to see him walking back to class after recess! Haha! Just like celebrity!!
Verdict after fetching him from school: He was happy!! and he said he has lots of new friends! His buddy helped him a lot! Yay! Good job, darling :)
And so his school journey begins...
