Well, we survived the first day of summer camp. As expected, Anna had a wonderful time and really showed no signs of separation anxiety at all. We walked up to the center where camp is held and reached the doorway when a teacher asked me to pin a name tag to her shirt. I pinned the little yellow star on her t-shirt and pointed to where she needed to walk in and, suddenly, she was gone. I didn't even really get a chance to say goodbye in all the hustle and bustle, she just sorta walked herself in and that was that.
It didn't hit me until I walked out the door of the building that I had actually dropped her off at her first "school"-like setting. My heart sort of broke a little, but I have to say I was extremely proud of her for just embracing the situation and walking right in. A little friend of hers who is also in the same class got quite upset and wouldn't go inside. I know she eventually went in and the teacher had to do some reassuring to make her comfortable. That's so tough on everyone. The child, the teacher and, let's face it, the mom. I know it will be tons of fun for everyone once they get past the initial jitters, but today was a little rough on some kids.
Anna did take a little tumble on the playground and had some band-aids on her scraped knees when I picked her up, but it's no big deal. Perhaps the most important element of this situation is that she actually went potty there. And, she told me, she used to hand dryer. I about fell out of my chair when she said that because she is TERRIFIED of the hand dryer.
What did I do with two hours of free time?? When I got home, I quickly put Abe down for his nap (this summer camp thing is now forcing us to re-jigger the nap schedule) and then I walked outside...and began weeding the garden. And took out the trash. And then went inside and cleaned out Anna's closet.
It was the most productive time I've had in three years. I'm telling you, summer camp is going to allow me to finally get my house organized, perhaps even make a few uninterrupted phone calls and, at the risk of sounding greedy, I may get to drink an entire cup of coffee without having to nuke it every ten minutes because it's gone cold again.
Rock on, summer camp.
Anna departs for summer camp. Look out!
4 comments:
Yeah for productivity! I wish I could say my time was productive but at least it was more relaxing.
First and foremost, YEA FOR YOU! YEA FOR ANNA! This is all fantastic.
Second..
**sigh**
I need to be positive about this whole drop-off thing. I'm really fearing the worst.
I know Georgia will rise to the occasion... there is a bit of biting the bullet element here. She'll have a tough week, but then a year of fun, I just know it.
WooHoo!
P.S. The pigtails are adorable.
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