1st day of school for M&M

this blog is for their yi yi, my sister. bet u dying to know wat happen after i stopped sms-ing u in the afternoon? ok, i'm going to try to recollect as much as i do, describe in as much detail as i can, so pls bear wif me if this blog is long and it spoils your eyes in reading it.

when i wen to fetch them, they were waiting at the void deck for me, all excited to go to sch. they look so cuteeee in their uniform. remembered someone advise me that dun push them away in sch if they crying, ease them into the sch. also if the parents are worried, the children can feel it too, so i try to be as excited as them too.

when we reached, we were quite early, so they sat there, lining according to their classes. but marcus went to line up wif mabel (one is K1, the other is nursery) i stood away from them. they juz sat there, watching people. anyway, when the teacher separated both of them, mabel then went to join the bro, sitting at his class there.

anyway, here comes the exciting part. marcus' class get to go first, so i sort of like hold his hand, then a teacher kind of like lead him in, so i let go of his hand and the classroom door closed. there is this little window for parents to peep inside. so mabel's turn, also the same thing, was holding on to her hand, then a teacher lead her in, i let go of the hand. classroom door closes. some parents actually took video cam.

so i thot everything is ok, then marcus' class door open and he came out. he saw me and started crying. cling on to me, refuse to let me go and refuse to go into the class. i had to prep talk him, remembered not to push him away. followed him into the class, ok, there are at least 3 others who are crying wif their mothers inside. so i stayed wif him inside for a very long time, at least 45 mins to 1 hour. he had his snack... after much coaxing, then wanted to go out again, knowing how stubborn he is.... i tried to keep cool. encouraged him to sit down, blah blah blah... (during this time, one or two parents tried to coax their child and they left the classroom) then the toys came out. so again after much coaxing, he played wif the toys. then i told him that mummy wants to go sh sh... will come back later, ask him to play wif his toys. he agreed... so i slipped out of the class.

went to check on mabel. peeped thru the little window. she was having snacks, drinking water and juz looking at her frens, very shy like that.

went to check on marcus, he is sitting on the floor, leaning against this helper. (every class has got some helpers) he should have cried juz now, but he seems cool down already, leaning against the helper and listening to the teacher telling a story. he was laughing, so he should be ok

went to see mabel, she didnt' sit on the floor like the rest of them, when a helper put her on a chair, she cried. but the helper was good, soothe her down, so thot everything was quite alright. sat down outside, juz in case

then mabel's classroom door open, she came out, crying. when she saw me, she cried even louder. so had to console her. she's inconsolable. cried very loud, and she keeps holding on to her tummy, think she got tummy ache, then finally, 'force' her to go toilet to sh sh... of course wif some coaxing. then i realise that she may be holding on to her urine, so very uncomfortable. after she sh sh, she is bette, but still very hesitant to join the class. finally, again, in the classroom, they brought out the toys, then again i use the same trick, mummy go sh sh hor, then found her a 'boy fren' to play the toys together wif her. slipped out again.

peeped into marcus' class before leaving. he has since eased into the class already. so excited about writing and keeps on running up to show the teacher his work.

later, i received sms from my husband to say that they seem alright, no more crying. when the teachers brought them to toilet, mabel was holding on to the hands of the 'boy fren' mummy introduced her to.. (haha) and marcus, he saw daddy, gave daddy a hug and the 1st one to run back into the classroom. so i think they should be ok.

well, for marcus, as we were discussing tmr's plan at home, he was like 'tmr go to sch'. ok, confirm sign that he wants to go to sch. mabel... she was quiet, a bit worried for her.

was so scared they dun like school after their crying today. got to slowly talked to them and cannot force them. when i see them cry this afternoon, it breaks my heart. it's like so bad like that, push them to study. really broke my heart. i myself feel like crying.

would luv to see them tmr at sch, but will be busy. so is fri.