Day 2, 3 + 4

Ever been sabo-ed big time by a 3-year old before? Well, it's quite a humbling experience. -_- Halfway through Day 2, I thought I'd take a quick peek into DN's classroom (I was actually reading in the school office) just to see how he was doing. I couldn't see him, so I tip-toed a little higher. Then I saw Ethel, one of his classmates. And she saw me. And I waved at her because I didn't think it was possible to be sabo-ed by a 3-year old.

"DN! Your mummy!"

I think I made this face :O before my dulled reflexes actually worked and I ducked down. As I was "ducking down", I could see DN's head whip towards the window. He must have JUST seen my head disappear because a few seconds later, his little face appeared grinning at the door.

"Mummy! Come in! Sit here! Come in! Come in!"

"Wah," I thought to myself. "Ethel sabo! I'm going to tell her parents later!" (Her mom's my colleague and ex-roommate.)

It went pear shape after that and I had to sit in with DN for the next half an hour before he let me go. Crying of course. Did I learn my lesson? Hell no.

On Day 3, DN was actually on his own for 6 hours at a stretch - 10.30am to 4.30pm. During that time, I managed to finish my book (in the school office) and meet PF for a nice lunch. Things were going so well, (i.e. no calls from the teacher to come in and settle a manic DN) I thought there was no harm in taking a quick peek before zipping out to meet my colleague for a bit. Like I said, I didn't learn my lesson. Just as I slowly peeked into the classroom, DN chose that exact moment to look towards the window. I made this face again :O.

And it went downhill from there. In the end, I had to take him out of school early because my colleague was waiting for me. No way was DN going to let me out of his sight!

On Day 4, I finally came to terms with my separation anxiety and just dropped DN off in the morning and picked him up at 5.30pm. It wasn't all smooth sailing of course and there was some koala-clinging and crying, so I think overall, it has been a little tough on the little guy. But he's managing.

So because I wasn't really around on Day 2, 3 and 4, I have no pictures to show except these - personalised stickers from www.stuckonyou.biz for his uniform and belongings, hee! I'm such a slacker mom right, I only ordered the stickers a week before he was to start school and they arrived a week after he started. :p So much for getting him hyped up about school huh?

I roped DN in when I was placing the order and asked him to choose a picture for his stickers. His first choice was a peace sign *roll eyes* and then he chose a princess *slap forehead*. Of course, I had to make an executive decision and step in and choose for him "advise" him about his choices. So I only showed him the icons of vehicles and made him choose from there. HAHA! He didn't choose my first choice (the rocket ship) but said he wanted a train. Eeek! The train was so ugly! So I tried to manipulate my son's choice made another executive decision and asked him, "What about this DN? It's Scoop!" So he finally chose the excavator all on his own! I quickly placed the order before he pointed at (heaven forbid) the Singapore flag icon or (hurl!) a heart icon.

I know. I am so full of crap. But you got to give me some credit for letting him stick the stickers on himself. I was THIS CLOSE to ripping them off after he slept and doing it again. I think you can guess which ones I stuck on and which ones DN stuck on. If you had a crooked label to look at from now on, and a label with a peace sign next to your son's name, which would you choose?

I rest my case.

I wish I had done what Jovann's mummy did for him before his first day because the school scrapbook is a really good idea. Hmm... maybe I'll still do it. It might get him more excited about school. Yeah, I think I will!