A milestone...

Adam started school today:

and try as I might (and it’s not the sort of thing I try particularly hard with) I can’t get myself particularly worked up about it. It is a big deal, but the heartbreaking wrench came when I went back to work when he was 4 months old. Then I wept as if he’d died for 2 days – and it was just as bad when I had to leave Ruth. But this – well, I know he’s ready, I know he’ll have a better time than he would cooped up at home, and I know that he’s very familiar with the whole thing already, having been to the pre-school nursery which is literally in the room next-door. I’m going to miss Mrs Moseley, the nursery assistant, who is just the most wonderful and genuinely enthusiastic woman I’ve ever met – fortunately Ruth will be starting there in a year’s time… But my overriding emotion – relief that the summer is over, that we can get back into a routine.

After dropping him off Ruth and I found this caterpillar on the rosebush just outside our front door:

I’ve no idea what it is – I’ll have to do some research (or if some kind caterpillar-spotter reads this, they could always leave me a comment and let me know… )

Update – I think it’s an Orgyia antiqua – but I’m more than happy to be contradicted (well, on this point…)

seven comments:

Hope he has a great day! My huge and hairy TeenWonder begins his last ever year at school tomorrow…which is a very sobering thought indeed

Kathryn () (link) - 04 September '06 - 16:28

Look at Adam! Doesn’t he look smart and handsome in his uniform! Isn’t it funny that he was born after Michael and yet has started school before him – we’ve three weeks to go yet. We have our home visit from his teachers tomorrow though (and ALL I’ve done so far is half-clean the living room…aaaaaggggghhhhhhh)

I hope Adam had a good day. I feel certain that I’ll be reading his blog in 15 years time and learning a lot fom it!!

Really, I’d better go and start on the entrance hall (dining room and kitchen doors can remain closed and ….. mmm…. they might well need the loo. Better get that sorted too….)

Big Ruth () (link) - 04 September '06 - 18:30

....cos, of course, the only reason for this home visit is so that the teachers can check on my housework-skills!!!!

Big Ruth () (link) - 04 September '06 - 23:32

He looks so handsome in his school clothes! A milestone, yes, but not all milestones get wept over. (A lot of them, true.)

Bug. I say it’s some form of bug without fear of contradiction.

Carrie K () (link) - 05 September '06 - 01:48

WOW – well done big boy! It is exciting and sad at the same time – and although I dreaded Kaela going – she so needed to as she was so bored. And the routine thing is good too.

Donni () - 05 September '06 - 02:17

Another step in lifes big adventure. For both of you! He looks very smart in his new uniform x

Louise - 05 September '06 - 10:41

I totally know what you mean. Jacob started school on Monday morning and he was absouletly definately ready for it (as Lola of Charlie and Lola would say). I was just happy to get back into normal routine and delighted that he found the transition from nursery to school easy – I just hope we can keep up with the early mornings – we have to get up at 6.00am and school starts at 7.30am – aghhhhh.

Becky () (link) - 06 September '06 - 07:03

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