Kindergarten here I come. The end of August brought some big changes for the family, Brig was going to start elementary school!! Fortunately, Scott had chosen a house here in The Woodlands that allowed us to be able to walk Brig to and from school, no (dreaded by mummy) school bus. He was super excited for the first day and even more excited to inform his teacher Mrs. Pisciotta that he would be only coming for a few days before he flew off to the "wild". School starts at 8 am so he has to leave the house by 7:45 am, not a problem for us as we have a house of early risers. The problem came with the twins seperating from Brig - they were desparate to go to big boy school too!! The first 4 days, before we left for South Africa, Soren and Reidar would scream and cry from the moment Brig went into the building and for a good 5 minutes afterwards. I think the trip gave them all a chance to renew that bond of brothers, spend lots of time together and for the twins to realize that Brig would always come back home to them. The reunions at the end of the day are really touching, lots of hugs and "I missed you's" and then a few minutes later back to the normal play.Thursday, September 17, 2009
Off to School
Kindergarten here I come. The end of August brought some big changes for the family, Brig was going to start elementary school!! Fortunately, Scott had chosen a house here in The Woodlands that allowed us to be able to walk Brig to and from school, no (dreaded by mummy) school bus. He was super excited for the first day and even more excited to inform his teacher Mrs. Pisciotta that he would be only coming for a few days before he flew off to the "wild". School starts at 8 am so he has to leave the house by 7:45 am, not a problem for us as we have a house of early risers. The problem came with the twins seperating from Brig - they were desparate to go to big boy school too!! The first 4 days, before we left for South Africa, Soren and Reidar would scream and cry from the moment Brig went into the building and for a good 5 minutes afterwards. I think the trip gave them all a chance to renew that bond of brothers, spend lots of time together and for the twins to realize that Brig would always come back home to them. The reunions at the end of the day are really touching, lots of hugs and "I missed you's" and then a few minutes later back to the normal play.
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It's so hard when they go off to school.... Lise-Anne, I'm sure you would agree that it seems just like yesterday when you were holding your babes in your arms! When they make the transition to full days, "big kid" homework nightly - its a heck of a rude awakening!! I'm still in shock! The wonderful thing is that as a parent, you would never hold them back. Watching an angelic child turn into their own person and experiencing the wonder that life is to them, is an incredible gift that has been given to us their keepers - truly something we cherish as parents.
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