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life with a kindergartener: moving up day

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You’ll be moving to your new, upper grade classroom tomorrow so I’ve been looking for your “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” book for an hour but to no avail. Looked for it on your bookshelf, on my bookshelf, in daddy’s library, in our bedroom’s book nook. It’s nowhere to be found. 

Thankfully we technically still have a week for our yearly tradition since your class will still be with your previous head teacher for this week and your moving up ceremony is still this Thursday. But I still couldn’t be at peace knowing that I couldn’t find your book. Told you about it and you tried to ask (and understand) why I was looking for it. 

Then you sang “Remembering, remembering” from the series “Land Before Time”, in which save for those two words, you altered the lyrics to suit how I am trying to remember where we put your book so we can have our little tradition in your moving up to Sakura class. 

And you know what, you did comfort me. Your thoughtfulness and creativity and sweet voice soothed me. 

Thank you our dear little one. Indeed, you’re moving up in so many ways. Thankful. 

Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Daycare Year 2

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First day at Year 2(つぼみ組). Yet more exciting things to come for you, Anak! From Monday, your class have started with the Moving Up transition; lockers and bins were already placed in your new room. And you yourself has been making a milestone since Monday! When we were about to leave the house and Mommy was preparing your baby car, you resolutely said, “it’s ok, it’s ok. Yui walk”. And that’s how it has been for two days now, morning and night. We leave your baby car at home, you’ve walked to/from daycare, rode the bus and had fun pushing the stop button (Mommy hopes this’ll help somehow with your self-esteem; that even though you’re still tiny, just with a small push, you can make all those switches light up and make the bus stop. Mommy can only hope!). And during the long walks (I do think they were very looong for you!), you held on to Mommy’s hand (well, there were a few struggles when you let go of Mom’s hand and made a sprint which made Mommy’s stress level soar to high heights because vehicles were passing by) and Mommy needn’t carry you at all. You did a very good job! Continue to do the great job you’re doing Anak! Daddy and Mommy loves you.

 

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