On Tuesday Mr 5 is off to his first day of Prep.  It’s a new beginning for him, the first step in his schooling career.  It means letting go a little and trusting him and the people that he will be around.  It’s something that I am surprisingly struggling with.

I am so excited for him.  I loved school.  He is such a curious kid and I hope that his teacher is able to work with him on his level, so that his natural curiosity isn’t lost.  I hope that the things that make him who he is, will help him start this journey.  I hope that his anxiety doesn’t hold him back.

Mr 5 has been in daycare since he was 8 weeks old for 2 days a week.  I thought that I was ready for this.  I’m not.  The feeling first hit me when we were seeing a movie before Christmas.  In front of us was a group of school kids with their teachers.  I felt my eyes well up when I realised that in a few years that could be him.  In that moment I wanted time to stand still.  I wasn’t ready for him to get older.

I will miss my little guy when he is at school.  Sure he drives me up the wall sometimes, and there are some days when I am glad for daycare day to come around again.  However, there are times when I love having another body in the house, I love sharing my day with him.  I’m worried that my little boy will be broken, that he won’t love school and there will be nothing I can do about it.

Despite my misgivings and the anxiety I have about him starting school, I am so excited to start this next chapter.  I can’t wait to see him learn, and to listen to his stories from school.  He gets so excited when he learns something new, I hope he never loses that.

Have you got kids starting school this year?  How are you feeling?

Do you remember your first day of school?

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