First day to School
D-day had come. Michael was finally due for school (well - pre-nursery and 2 mornings a week!). But we (maybe more Mama than Dada) were anxious in terms of preparation. There were several phone calls made to school prior to the “orientation day”, but all we got as answers were ” oh, just pop in on orientation day and you’ll find out”… Grrr, not exactly what a type-A parents need to hear!
On the day of “orientation day”, both Ian and I were there and Michael was as BRAVE as ever although he did some funny things:
- held on to my hand’s really really tight!
- didn’t know what to do with all the new toys!
- all the teachers (and the main teacher has same name as Michael’s nanny - Jenny!) were a little overwhelming - in the world of China, they were able to afford 3 teachers (2 females and 1 male) and 1 ayi (helper).
- didn’t quite understand the mandarin that was being spoken, so lots of translation from us!
Although I was there with Michael the whole time during the Orientation Day, we were pretty confident to let him go to school by himself the following Monday. And so we did! Oh, it was hard to see our little boy grow so quickly, but when he was at school this morning, it clearly showed that he was “almost” ready for school:
- no tears when we dropped him off
- frowned upon other children who were taking turns to cry! (There were a set of twins as young as 16 months!! I can’t imagine Michael going to school so young!)
- only wanted to find his mama around 11ish (school ended at 12:20 p.m.) and Michael was relieved when he finally saw me! I could still see the tears around his eyes (how heart-breaking!)
- I asked him if he liked school and he said “es…”. I also asked if he wanted to come back to school again tomorrow and the answer was also “es…”!
All in all it was a success! We are so proud of our little boy… enjoy the photos:
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| Michael’s Album - 22 months old |
Love from Shanghai until next time… we’re eagerly waiting to attend Uncle Gary and Leona tse tse’s wedding party soon in Hong Kong.
