Tuesday, October 13, 2009

First day in Preschool / 明明第一天上學

outside her preschool.. 小阿小兒郎, 背著書包上學堂..

For Mamie and Papou who are hungry for all the details about Ming Ming's first day in school: Got held up in the car mechanics this morning for 1h30m (the sun visor - fixed), we arrived at Ming Ming's preschool at 11am instead of 10am. I told her that she was going to school and it meant that I would need to drop her off and leave, but she could play with her classmates and her teacher would be very nice with her. She understood it right away and clung to me really tightly. I ended up staying for more than an hour, helping her feeding herself lunch... When I finally firmed up and decided that it was time to leave (12:30), Ming Ming started wailing real bad. I bursted into tears and left quickly, too embarrassed to say goodbye to the daycare manager. It is quite different to leave your child to the grandparents than at the day care.

But Ming Ming did really well. She cried a little bit, slept for one and a half hours, had her snack, and then played outside. When I arrived at 4pm to pick her up, she was in her teacher's hands, with a drop of tear in her face. Miss Danielle told me that she looked for me when she woke up, and when they come outside, she thought I would be there waiting for her. But overall, she did not cry that much, and was more cooperative in napping and diaper changing than at home.

bedtime poems with Papa. They are really cute together. Papa did well these two days: playing with Ming Ming, doing the dishes after dinner, and then bed time stories... It is great to have grandparents' help, but it is also great to have a husband taking up his share of the household chores and parenting tasks.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bravo Toinou, il faudra maintenir le cap.
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Anonymous said...

Pauvre maman Ting, nous comprenons tes larmes mais nous avons l'impression que Miming sait bien s'adapter aux situations nouvelles. Elle sera sans doute heureuse de retrouver les enfants de la crèche dans quelques temps mais actuellement elle a vu partir sans retour Popo puis Papou et Mamie, elle a certainement besoin de vérifier par elle même que maman reviendra la chercher.
On vous souhaite une bonne adaptation à toutes les deux.
Gros bisous.
Mamicat et Papou Jacques.

Anonymous said...

A tous les trois me fait corriger Papou. Lui n'oublie pas Antoine !!
C'est comme ça...

Anonymous said...

Ming Ming est trop mignonne sur cette photo, je vais la faire imprimer! Toute sérieuse, avec ses cheveux tous bien placés, et le sac a dos de grande! MamieCath a raison, ca fait beaucoup de séparations en même temps, mais je suis sûre que ça va s'arranger pour vous 3 (Jacques a raison, pas de sexisme!) avec l'habitude! En attendant, nous la voyons grandir de loin avec quelques regrets de ne pas voir ming ming et vous 2 plus souvent... La dernière fois qu'elle nous a vu en vrai c'était au milieu de sa vie ou presque! en espérant qu'elle puisse voir au moins tonton nico a noel,
grosses bises,
tante sylvie