one of the most amazing things we can do to support the little ones who we have been given care over is to ensure that we don't miss those most important dates in their lives, and obviously one's first day at school, be that real big school or pre-school, is key date in anyone's life. so today we had the pleasure of taking our little three year old boy to his first day at pre-school, well i say we as it was actually emma who got up early to ensure that this boy fitted in well and was made a bit of a fuss over.
as you can imagine the lives of the children to stay with us are so complex so what is already a very trying and emotional time was made all the harder as there were many hurdles to overcome this morning, firstly his estranged mother who lives near the school, and who we have had very little interaction with since he has been with us, was calling to him as he arrived, an over friendly dog was waiting to greet him at the school gate, the little boy is very scared of dogs so this wasn't such a warm welcome and he started to cry when emma finally had to say goodbye!
that said our five year old girl who attends the same pre-school made him feel really welcome and by the end of the morning he was talking excitedly as emma picked them up from his first morning at school.
(sorry no pictures but emma said that there was a little too much going on to get her camera out to capture the moment, i don't know what she means!)
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