Milly's first day

The night before Milly's first day at school I was tucking her in bed and she said "Mummy, I'm a little bit scared."  I told her it was ok and natural to be scared about starting school for the first time.  She looked up at me and smiled, then sweetly said "What outfit do you think I should wear?".  Um, that would be your school uniform Milly!

She woke up the next morning ready and accepting.  She had a bigger breakfast than usual, got dressed without fuss, let me brush her hair, she even wanted a ponytail.  She packed her bag and was ready to go.  It all seemed so normal and routine, like it was her 100th day getting ready for school and not her first.

When it came time to take her to her classroom she seemed a little excited.  I think she just wanted to get on with it.  She hung her bag on a hook outside the classroom, then it was a quick handover to her teacher and we walked out.  No tears from her and certainly no tears from us.  She has a good number of friends from her preschool who have started at school with her, and is lucky to have her best friend in her class. 

 

 

So how did her first day at school go?  We think it went ok.  She won't really tell us much and seemed to reveal more to family who called to speak to her at the end of the day.  We are pleased to report she is keen to go back to school tomorrow and extra excited because she gets to go to the library and borrow some books.