It was Jasmine's first day of school today and she was sooo excited. To be honest, I was quite nervous about it. I was even nervous taking Ben back for his first day since the holidays. I worried that he'd be able to pick up with his friends where they left off before the summer, that he'd settle back in ok overall. I needn't have worried, he was absolutely fine.
Last night I found myself going through Jasmine's school uniform trying out different combinations.....should she wear the pinafore and blouse? Or maybe her pleated skirt? And should she wear tights or socks? Her blue buttoned cardigan or her red zip up cardigan? I finally decided only this morning on the black pleated skirt, blouse, tights and red cardigan! I put some new hair clips into her pigtails - and asked her to promise not to take them out and lose them (I gave up years ago trying to put pretty clips in her hair as she always lost them). She promised to leave them in and I believed her, she seemed to be feeling really grown up about the responsibility of all this going to school thing. And she looked so grown up, yet so small all at the same time. It feels extra strange becaus now both of my children are school-aged. I almost have a case of the 'empty-nest' syndrome - strange to believe, but that's kind of how it feels.
When I took her this morning I expected her to be a little nervous, but she was her usual confident self. It didn't hurt either that most of her classmates were also at nursery with her. Like when I took her for her taster day, I stood around, hovering, feeling quite superfluous but not ready to say goodbye. She just joined a table of her friends nailing bits of wood into a cork board. I asked her if she needed me and was told, '"no". "you mean you don't want me to stay?" I asked, and got a resounding "no", followed by "but your still my mummy though!". That's good. I left for work feeling somewhat mollified.
Last night I found myself going through Jasmine's school uniform trying out different combinations.....should she wear the pinafore and blouse? Or maybe her pleated skirt? And should she wear tights or socks? Her blue buttoned cardigan or her red zip up cardigan? I finally decided only this morning on the black pleated skirt, blouse, tights and red cardigan! I put some new hair clips into her pigtails - and asked her to promise not to take them out and lose them (I gave up years ago trying to put pretty clips in her hair as she always lost them). She promised to leave them in and I believed her, she seemed to be feeling really grown up about the responsibility of all this going to school thing. And she looked so grown up, yet so small all at the same time. It feels extra strange becaus now both of my children are school-aged. I almost have a case of the 'empty-nest' syndrome - strange to believe, but that's kind of how it feels.
When I took her this morning I expected her to be a little nervous, but she was her usual confident self. It didn't hurt either that most of her classmates were also at nursery with her. Like when I took her for her taster day, I stood around, hovering, feeling quite superfluous but not ready to say goodbye. She just joined a table of her friends nailing bits of wood into a cork board. I asked her if she needed me and was told, '"no". "you mean you don't want me to stay?" I asked, and got a resounding "no", followed by "but your still my mummy though!". That's good. I left for work feeling somewhat mollified.
After school I asked her how it went and she told me all about PE days and the fact that she 'got no homework'. She seems keen to have homework....I wonder how long that'll last! Ben was a little upset because he had gone looking for Jasmine at lunch so they could play together, but she didn't want to play with him, cause she wanted to play with her own friends! She also said that it was because he wanted to play tennis and she doesn't know how. As the weather was so beautiful we went to the park......
And after all the activity of the day, the desired result was achieved(and by 7:30 nonetheless!)....
Funny of the day: We had stir-fried aubergine with jasmine rice for dinner. Ben wasn't impressed (though I swear he has eaten this before and he did like it!), but Jasmine, aware that she gets a lot of praise for being so good at trying new foods and having a broad range of tastes, said she liked it. But it came with conditions: "I like it with lots of rice though, so I can't taste it" was her verdict. Well, what can I say to that?!
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