First day of school

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Been reading the school uniform thread and thinking...

How many of you cry when your child starts school? That first day, all dressed up in their new uniform, taking their lunch in a box and all excited to learn.

Did you cry?

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

And I'll answer first: no, I didn't. I was happy that Liebling was happy and looking forward to school.

[Gigi]

i was convinced i would, but didn't. i felt similarly, she was so ready to go to school, so happy to be there. But i did feel so proud of her, like my heart was about to burst. And relieved that i got on top of the school bag/lunchbox/uniform thing, by the time she started day one. Sounds silly now, but it felt like a big deal at the time.

[Liz]

Nope no tears here. We were both looking forward to it We had already done 2 yrs of packing lunch and 'school bag' for preschool 2 days a week so that didn't feel much different. Was so cute seeing them all in their uniforms tho same as Gigi, was proud of my big boy being so ready and raring to go

I spose after the first full week it dawned on me just how full-time it is, but still no tears the schoolday is actually quite short and they're home again before you know it lol.

[Astrid]

No tears either. DD1 was more than ready and excited to go.

[Astrolady]

Nope none here either with any of my kids.

I agree with Liz. The school day goes so fast. I don't remember it going that fast when I went to school LOL.

[krysalyss]

No but then he was happy to go to school and I think I would have if he had been upset or crying. Actually I think I did get tearing seeing some of the other kids crying.

[LuluHB]

I didn't cry with DD1 but I did with DD2. I was worried sick she would have a melt down and be so overwhelmed by it, so I had more than a tear or two when I saw her happily go and sit on the mat to start her first day, but they were tears of relief not sadness. She looked like she was playing dress ups in her school uniform. I've had far more tears along the way at their accomplishments though - nothing out of the ordinary but just typical mum pride in her kids doing well and loving what they do

[Mother Goose]

I didn't but DH did.

[Traveller]

Nope, I was just excited that they were going. I might feel differently when my twins start next year though as that will be my entire collection of babies all big schoolchildren but I doubt it.

[~Kim~]

I did at home when we were taking her photo out the front. Like Gigi said, I was so proud of her, and couldn't believe we were here already. She was only tiny 5 seconds ago.
I got anxious for her because she was so anxious, but no tears at school from either of us.