Wednesday, September 19, 2007

I'm blue.........

Monkey is officially "phased-into" her montessori daycare/preschool/school.


No more nanny. No more immaculately dressed Monkey waiting for me at home at the end of a long day. No more neatly folded baby laundry done for me by the nanny. No more running errands with both hands free after work. No more walking to work.

Now, I get Monkey ready for school and together we ride the subway to school. We fight the crowds, sweat in the humidity, deal with the rush-hour "traffic"....

But that isn't why I'm blue.

The reason I'm blue? (and yet, also so proud)??? Monkey didn't cry when I dropped her off at school this morning. She smiled, leaped into her teacher's arms, looked at me with that heart-breakingly beautiful smile...and waved bye-bye.

No tears, no separation anxiety - she was ready to go. Without me.

1 comment:

ChaChi Lu said...

So happy she is adjusting to her new routine! Just wait till she gets on the big yellow school bus and doesn't look back...

Don't be blue...*hugs*

Babs