First day....
Is it just me or does everyone think the day your baby goes to school for the first time is one of the sadder days in the life of a parent?
40 thousand kids across Queensland will go to school for the first time today. It’s a bigger than normal number because of the new prep year.
This morning, at MIX FM we've sent Angie out in the road runner to the Carney household in Landsborough, where five year old Isabou is off to school.
Isabou is the youngest of six children…
There’s 15 year old Dylan, Liam who’s 13 they both go to Maleny High. 11 year old Mitchell, Daniel 9, Eilish 6 and Mummy’s baby Isabou who’s five are all going to Glenview State School.
Apparently little Isabou isn’t incredibly keen, she’s enjoyed being at home with Mummy.
I remember when Jemima first went to school, I was hopeless. All the other year one Mum's went out for coffee, but I couldn't do it, I was balling my eyes out and had to go home to watch Dora the Explorer on my own without my little shadow...
And Jemima wasn’t much better..
That night, as I put her to bed all hollow eyed after her first big day in the wide world she said something along the lines of ‘that’s enough school now Mummy….' She’d been. She'd had a look, met the kids, checked out the teacher….and decided she’d probably just stay at home from now on…
I gently explained that no, she was a big girl now and that day had been the start of the rest of her life. And believe me I was feeling her pain. 12 years is a long time away from Mummy…
So that’s where Claire and Isabou are this morning…and maybe 40 thousand other Mum’s across Queensland...
40 thousand kids across Queensland will go to school for the first time today. It’s a bigger than normal number because of the new prep year.
This morning, at MIX FM we've sent Angie out in the road runner to the Carney household in Landsborough, where five year old Isabou is off to school.
Isabou is the youngest of six children…
There’s 15 year old Dylan, Liam who’s 13 they both go to Maleny High. 11 year old Mitchell, Daniel 9, Eilish 6 and Mummy’s baby Isabou who’s five are all going to Glenview State School.
Apparently little Isabou isn’t incredibly keen, she’s enjoyed being at home with Mummy.
I remember when Jemima first went to school, I was hopeless. All the other year one Mum's went out for coffee, but I couldn't do it, I was balling my eyes out and had to go home to watch Dora the Explorer on my own without my little shadow...
And Jemima wasn’t much better..
That night, as I put her to bed all hollow eyed after her first big day in the wide world she said something along the lines of ‘that’s enough school now Mummy….' She’d been. She'd had a look, met the kids, checked out the teacher….and decided she’d probably just stay at home from now on…
I gently explained that no, she was a big girl now and that day had been the start of the rest of her life. And believe me I was feeling her pain. 12 years is a long time away from Mummy…
So that’s where Claire and Isabou are this morning…and maybe 40 thousand other Mum’s across Queensland...
1 Comments:
How i can relate to that Caroline!!
My first born Koji starts school this week!
It's Chris Dobson here - formerly know as 'Browny' at Triple G FM here on the Coral Coast (windy Geraldton in fact!) - or Bernards daughter. How are you all?
The whole Brown clan are heading your way in a couple of weeks time for Gregs (the youngest)wedding in Noosa. We would love to catch up with you and John if you had time but i understand if your busy.
Anyway - great to read your blog - I'm getting a lot of laughs out of it!!!
Bye for now.
Chris
cab@wn.com.au
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