Today was the last day of Toby's half term. His last day before starting his formal education at the end of which he'll be a young man. God, it makes me want to grip the desk and take deep breaths just thinking about it. We've gotten to this point so quickly. It seems like only a few days ago I was laying in a hospital bed with my new baby boy tucked under my arm. I still remember the smell of him, his tiny hands and hairy ears. I can't believe he's starting school tomorrow.
I had loads of chores to do today but decided to cancel them all and just have a nice day with the children. We went to Cafe Rouge for lunch and Tobes had a citron presse. He loves them because he says it's like making a potion. His potion always contains an awful lot of syrup. Afterwards we flew kites on the heath, bought ice cream and just goofed around for a few hours. When we got home I finished putting labels in Toby's school uniforms and got everything ready.
J is going in to work later so we can all take Toby to school on his first day. I did ask Tobes who he wanted to take him to school and he said all of us so we'll all be trooping down at 8.45 tomorrow morning. This is going to be a big change for me too. No more rolling up an hour late to nursery because we had a bad night or long morning. Nope, I'm going to have to start setting an alarm which is something I haven't done regularly in over five years! Big changes for all of us. We're moving away from having 'babies' to having 'children' now. Ahhhh. Big sigh.
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Big hugs for Toby's first day of school! I felt the same way when MC went to her 'big school' but it's been so much fun to get involved with her school and know that we're meeting friends and families that we will, possibly, be with for many years! :)
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