Success :-)

Me and Little Miss Sensible went up to school at lunchtime to collect Little Prince. We were walking across the playground to the classroom door, when Little Prince and one of his teachers came out to meet us. He was happily skipping along beside her holding her hand, he told us all that he thought he would miss his friends while he was at home and was a bit sad that he wouldn't get to play out after lunch. I said that we could bring him straight back after he had eaten, so that he would get time to play and that seemed to make him happy :-)

At home he was chatty and bubbly, and told us all about his morning at school with none of the usual reluctance to even have school mentioned. When he was taking his shoes off he reminded me that he would need to put them back on when he went back to school, he seemed happy to be home and equally happy that he would be going back to school later.

After lunch when we were going back to school, he again showed no reluctance whatsoever, racing towards the gate and eager to get in, this is back to how he was when he was in nursery last term. We found the teacher on duty (his classroom assistant) and handed him over to her, he went off to find his girlfriend while me and the teacher chatted. She was at pains to point out that he has no problems with the school dinners and is one of the better eaters. We explained that it wasn't the food he was coming home for and how much happier he had been this morning and during his lunch. However, we probably spent too much time chatting and all of a sudden Little Prince came over and flung himself into my arms and started crying that school was too long and he didn't want to stay. His teacher took over and comforted him, which didn't take more than a moment or so, I said goodbye, did kisses and reassured him that teacher would keep him safe, just like she did in nursery. By the time we were getting back in the car, Little Prince was stood by the fence waving goodbye to us happily.