Lukasz and I dropped Lily off at her first solo day of preschool just over an hour ago. I'm trying to hold myself together and work on a huge editing project, but it's hard. Lily was great when we were all sitting waiting for her classroom door to open. When it opened, I said, "Okay, Lily it's time to go into school." She said, "Okay" and walked toward the door amid a crush of kids and parents. I was totally going to go with her, but when I saw how brave and independent she was being, I had to just sit back with Lukasz and watch (but not before I pulled her back for a big hug). She went right in, and although I heard a lot of children crying, her cry was not one of them. I have a feeling she may have gotten a bit upset after about 10-20 minutes, but we'll see. I peeked in after most kids were in, and Lily had her slippers on and was heading over to the circle time mat.
So, then came the tough part - leaving the school and driving home without her. I did not count on Lukasz getting upset. And he got really upset. When he saw we were leaving the building without Lily he started crying inconsolably and saying "need Lily!" over and over again. That made it doubly hard for me to keep it together, because I was feeling the exact same way. But we got home and I got Lukasz calmed down and snuggled in for a nap, and now, to try and concentrate on work while wondering what Lily is doing...
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