Kindergarten Transition

On Miss J's first day at kinder, she was clingy and teary and wouldn't let go of me.

On Day 2, she told me, with the air of someone who has thought long and hard about the matter, that I could stay with her for a bit, then I could go.

So I was politely but firmly dismissed after about 20 min, and went on my way, slightly bemused and bewildered by the seeming effortlessness of the kinder transition.

I managed to fit in a quick visit to the hairdresser and the post office before it was time to pick up Miss J.

Her first words on seeing me: "You took a long time. You said you were only going to be gone for a short time but you took a long time!"

It won't be long before I have to turn my thoughts to my own schedule and responsibilities, which have been blissfully cast aside so I could give my full attention to settling her in at kinder.