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Tuesday August 29 2006 03:31 PM
Yesterday was Julia's first day of kindergarten and Joshua's first day of preschool. After breakfast, Julia and I dropped Josh off at preschool where, as expected, he had absolutely no problems separating. Next, we drove home and walked to her bus stop, arriving only a couple minutes before the bus. She got on the bus without even a hint of hesitation ("Bye daddy!") and I walked home. Alone. Within seconds I felt like I'd forgotten something - my hands were literally twitching. I knew it was just that I wasn't use to walking around during the day without holding someone's hand or pushing a stroller, but it was a pretty powerful feeling. My eyes got a little wet but I managed not to cry... When I got home I grabbed my basketball and ran up to the basketball courts to shoot hoops for 30 minutes. It was the first time I'd gotten any sort of aerobic exercise in at least a couple years, and boy am I sore today!
When I picked up Josh at school just before lunch, his teacher said he hadn't cried at all. He didn't particularly want to leave either, mostly because his teachers had just given him a handful of crackers...
Later in the afternoon, we went to wait for Julia at the bus stop. We ended up waiting for 35 minutes. Luckily it was a relatively nice day. Julia said she didn't have any problems during the day but she was pretty negative about the whole experience ("It was boring", "They just talked about the rules"). By dinnertime though she was much more upbeat. She enjoyed telling us about the detailed logistics of things like eating lunch and going to the bathroom. She'd also liked some of the games they'd played in the afternoon during Chinese immersion.
Today she said school was a little better and that she thinks it will be even better the day after tomorrow.
All in all, the transition seems to be going fine.
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