First day of Pre-school

We had a good night sleep. I think this morning really hit me that she is going to pre-school. I packed all her things and carried her in the sling. We had a sunny morning and it was not as cold as the last few mornings. We still had some snow in the ground though.

We arrived at the school and I found out that today was the first day of the first 5 kids in Frida's class. Both parents came for the other 4 kids but Frida's dad is in Cape Town for a wok trip. He texted me this morning feeling sad to be missing the day.

The place where she will be for the next months has a big welcome room divided into two. The first part seems to be a place to dry wet outfits. I found Frida's shelf labeled with her name. Just seeing the name there made me cry a little.

Then there is the nappy changing room followed by a big playing room. This big playing room has 3 areas divided by walls and doors. One area for arts and crafts, one area for building and one area with animals from the farm and jungle. Then there is a room for playing with water and sand.

After some weeks there will be 14 kids (between 1 and 2 years old) and 3 ladies (Eva, Celine and Ellen) taking care of them. Frida happily greeted most of the people and played with crayons, colours,  building tubes, legos, animals and dolls. She also climbed on everything.

Then we sat on a circle and Eva offered bananas to all kids. Frida was the most keen on going to the center to get a half banana. She ate it all and kept playing with all the nice things they have at the pre-school.

I feel very happy and proud every time people tells that she is such a happy kid. She really enjoyed her first day at pre-school and I have mixed feelings. It is now a bit more than a year since she was born. We lived through many milestones with her. And now one more, she will be going to school and will start spending her time away from us, and meeting other people.

My baby is growing up.