School

So then, George is a big school boy now and is very proud of himself. He has settled in well, and some mornings he is so eager to be in his classroom that he forgets to say goodbye to me.

His daddy asked if I cried the first morning. Well, truth to tell, I was so proud of him bouncing into the classroom and running to sit next to his friend B that I came out with a great big beaming smile on my face.

I'm not having much in the way of feedback from him, but luckily, I talk to some of the mums of his friends - ladies that I have come to know from George's nursery days. B told her mum when they had a French lesson, George told me that they had been put into groups, and so the sharing of information gives us all a better picture of what they are doing.

I'm just so pleased that he is enjoying this new experience.

More Questions

You know how sometimes the split seconds words leave your mouth, you sense that you will regret what you have said? Well I did just that on Friday. Going up the slip road to the motorway traffic was very slow. Before I could think I'd already said it "oh the traffic is slow because there is a funeral procession".

G : What's a funeral procession mum?
M : It's when they take a person's dead body to that garden thing that you get when you're dead (we've explored the local cemetary).
G: (Sitting bolt upright) Are we going to go past it. Am I going to see a real dead body in a box
M : Yes, We're going to go past it because it's going a different way to us
G : Wow, mum, is there a real dead body in that box
M : Yes

Then the was a pause of about 30 seconds while he had a think

G : Mum, if your body goes in the ground in a box, how do you get to heaven?

Me - insert complex explanation about soul leaving your body etc. I really do need to learn think. Chances are that he would have seen it anyway. A hearse is quite hard to miss.

School

My baby started school today. He was so excited to be going that I was a bit worried. There was no need. He took off his jacket straight away, only said goodbye to me because his teacher reminded him to, and raced away to sit next to his best friend. Even though I was talking to his teacher Miss O for a few minutes, I wasn't given another glance. He seems quite happy to be going again tomorrow. He ate nearly all of his lunch - he did remind me this morning that he needed his lunch, and was hungry when I collected him. Oh my goodness me, I have a schoolboy!

August

August was a bit traumatic all round. My friend who was supposed to look after George came down with meningitis, so several people stepped in at very short notice to look after him. I worried about George, and I worried about my friend.

George however, took it all in his stride, and I think that the change from nursery to several different people did him good. He is all ready to start his new school routine tomorrow. He went to bed so excited that I'm surprised that he is asleep.

I hope that he has a good day tomorrow, and enjoys his first day of being a grown up schoolboy.