Growing Up

E's first day at school! (J has a picture similar to this on his first day of school too.)

E's classroom - the first table she went to had a bucket of blocks for her to sort.

How'd she do???

We stayed for a couple of minutes when we brought her to her classroom, then I told her I was going to leave, told her to say bye to me ("Buh-bye, Mama"), gave her a kiss and scooted towards the door!

She saw us heading for the door and got antsy, but I closed the door anyway. And from outside, I could hear her starting to cry. Her teacher swooped in though, and a brief five seconds later, all was quiet.

When I picked her up, Miss Siri said that she did great! (Even J's teacher told me she heard that E did really well on her first day. A mom of J's classmate overheard and congratulated me! She was looking forward to her second child starting school too!) E tried out all the stations (sorting blocks, painting, and digging outside). The only time when she got upset and cried again was when both her and J's class were having outdoor play-time and she caught sight of her Kor-kor. (Their classes have separate outside play-areas, but are next to each other.) She wanted to go to him, but Miss Siri brought her indoors and gave her another activity and she was fine.

I am incredibly proud of her.

Postscript: Will have to see how she is towards school on Wednesday. And on Friday, I'm due for parent participation in J's class, so I'll probably have to do some quick ducking to make sure she doesn't see me.