Fabulous First Day Back at School

Drama Teen and Little Prince both started back at school today. Drama Teen was very organised packing her school bag last night, and taking her PE Kit just in case. I hope this is a step in the right direction as she can be extremely dizzy about stuff like that!!

Little Prince has been excited and scared in about equal measure about the upcoming return to school. He was up and awake before anyone else this morning, and only whinged a little bit when I got downstairs and made him turn the TV off (we have a no TV before school rule). He ate his breakfast, ran upstairs to brush his teeth and get dressed in his uniform and was happily scootering up and down the hall while I got ready. He read his reading book with very little effort, which isn't bad as he hasn't seen it since breaking up six weeks ago! He was a little miffed that Mr Messy couldn't walk up to school with us (he was on a conference call with work) but apart from that was eager and raring to go. When we got to school he parked his scooter and then hung around near his old classroom door, until I called him over to his new waiting spot! One of his friends gave him a present from his holidays, it was a wooden crocodile so Little Prince was very impressed :-) When the bell rang he was a bit hesitant as he wasn't sure where to line up, but all the other children in his class were the same and insisting Mums and/or Dads had to accompany them to their line. Once he was lined up with his friends he chatted away very happily and marched into school without a backward glance :-)

What a complete turn around from his reaction last year when he started Reception. I am so proud of how far my Little Prince has come :-) Well done brave Little Prince :-)