First Day At School

Just about to head out - with Connor's biscuit

Christian started playgroup at St Francis Xavier Kindergarten on 2 Jan.

I was so nervous for him the weeks prior, because I'd heard so many stories of how tots bawl their little eyes out on their first day of school.

We constantly talked to him about going to school - I'd say "You're going to school soon, ok" and he'd reply "Yeah... next time," which got me all the more anxious!

Class starts at 8.15am, which is not the easiest thing, seeing that we'd have to leave home at 7.30am, drop Connor off at my mum's at around 7.45am before heading to SFX. Which means waking at 6.45am and rushing to get the kids fed and changed.

So, on the day, I set my alarm for 6.45am, but Connor actually woke up at around 6.30am (strange, cos he usually sleeps 7ishpm to 7ish am). This woke me up and woke Christian up as well - which suited us fine, I guess, since he had to be up soon anyway.

I changed Christian into his new school uniform (a tad big), gave him his morning milk and a cheese sandwich.

Soon, we were off!

My school

To be honest, it was pretty chaotic when we got to class. It was helmed by three teachers, and there were 15 kids in all. Out of whom, some were sobbing, some were clinging and refusing to leave their parents.

He's in Grace A!

Nice touches like a chart with everyone's birthday

Thankfully, Christian didn't shed a single tear, and was, in fact, really excited about everything. We really got lucky with this kid! Helped of course, that there were tons of toys and things to explore around the classroom.

Doodle masters

Lego time

Making "Mama's big ship"

When mealtime came along, macaroni was served.

Weekly menu

Waiting to be fed

I guess Christian's a pretty big eater, because the portion dished out to him was MEASLY compared to what he usually eats at home! It was a tiny bowl of maybe 15 pieces of macaroni?

Seriously? That's all?

While some of the other kids could barely finish their portions, Christian polished it off in a jiffy and asked for seconds. He would have gone for thirds if I didn't tell him not to ... and pre-empted him saying there was lunch shortly after.

Yums

 Soon after, little chunks of play dough was brought out and little hands started moulding and cutting. It was tremendously cute! Since he was preoccupied with it, I felt it was time to leave him on his own for a bit.

Play dough time

Like every anxious parent, I hung around outside, peeping at him occasionally. He barely seemed to notice I was gone! 15 minutes turned to 30, and soon it was more than an hour. I was so proud of him!

The kiddos had some time to run around outdoors as well, in the little playground.

Behind the vehicle-crazed boy he is, he grew attached to a red tricycle. I didn't know it then, but somehow he had learnt how to pedal!

Pedal to the metal

 I watched him, while trying to keep out of his sight, as I noticed he would keep coming towards me and not listen to the teachers if I was hovering too much.

Case in point, when I got a little too close when the kids were lining up against a wall, and he spotted me trying to take a picture. Guess who was made to line up against the wall with him, before he agreed to go back into the classroom -_-

Lining up

Spotted you mummy!

All too soon, class was over, and they gathered on the floor to sing a goodbye song.

I'm really glad we chose to go with SFX kindy... Christian's really familiar with the place as we go right next door for Mass every Sunday.

Looking forward to his little learning journey here. :)