Buck and Belle: First Day of School.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

First Day of School.

Sweet Fawn started 3K at his precious pre-school. Part of me is so sad that the summer is over. We had such a nice, relaxed time and really started to settle into a day-to-day routine of the three of us (Fawn, Small Fry and me). And, I loved having my little buddy home with me every day. But, for my sanity, I have to say that I'm relieved September is here. It's not hard to have Fawn with me all the time, but he wants to be active and to have his friends to play with. So it's exhausting to constantly plan to keep him busy, happy and thriving! Now someone else gets to be the camp counselor/cruise ship director/pre-school teacher three mornings a week.

Fawn was so excited to start school. Of course, in typical Fawn style he fussed about getting ready and pretended to be so sad to miss the morning with Small Fry and me. He even claimed that he wanted to run errands! But once we arrived at school he was beside himself with excitement. He did not look back at me -- no kiss, no hug, no hesitation. It hurt my feelings a bit, but I was also amazed at how much he's grown in the past year and how self-assured he is. He even rejected my attempt to introduce him to his teachers, bypassing such pleasantries for a huge pile of matchbox cars.

I had that motherly, knot-in-your-stomach feeling all morning hoping he was enjoying himself, getting comfortable and behaving (after a summer of the crazies!). When I picked him up he was his usual wild man self. Even referred to me as "girl" in front of his teachers -- excellent first impression of my parenting. He was able to tell me his teachers' names, that he went to art class today, that he didn't eat his lunch, that he played with his best friend T, and that his friend P turned four and they had cookie cake to celebrate. For Fawn, that's quite a load of information to dump on mommy in the car ride home. Must have been a great day. Hoping for a fabulous year.