Rabbit Princess' First Day at School

Times flies...it really does when you have a kid who suddenly seemed to have grown up in a wink...all parents look forward to their child's first day at school so naturally was I. In fact, considering she has already been to playgroup, then nursery followed by two years of kindergarten, this is the FIRST time I've played the role of a mummy accompanying her kiddo to school.***guilty***

Daddy hadn't slept a wink through the night, probably anxious over how his darling baby girl was going to cope with the new school. Nevertheless, he wakes up promptly to cook oats with egg for his precious as breakfast then Mummy washes her and gets her ready to go... zooom...we zip down to her school where many anxious parents hang around (literally) just to be there for their child...

Officially we had to leave the school grounds once we settled our kids down into their class seating queue but of course, which parent listens to instructions where their kid is concerned? The Principal then took over the mic and urged parents to leave the school hall, adding that the children were 'suffocating in the heat' thanks to the crowds of parents encircling the kids. Reluctantly, the parent crowd dispersed. I heard mumbles and grumbles from the grandmas, granddads, mummies and daddies with maids in tow.

I zipped down at 0930 to catch my kiddo in the midst of her recess. She was busy stuffing herself with chicken rice from the canteen stall. Cameras were clicked and kids waved and videocams went arolling.... it was like a scene from 'Singapore Idol'... except the kids were the idols in the eyes of the parents. (Parents were not allowed to buy food or bring food for their kids, they just stood behind the red tape and watch their kids eat. Honestly, I was like a fugitive, spying on my kid...)

Finally just before school was released, I zipped down again to check that kiddo was in the right bus queue. Ah ha... I found her in the Bus No. 2 queue (going to Hougang!) instead of the Bus No. 4 queue thanks to the inefficiency and improperly organised school bus transport company. Super mummy quickly solves the problem by pulling out kiddo and speaking with the chief bus attendant. Problem solved, Super Mummy zips off home to wait for kiddo at designated drop-off point.

Then came the super long wait...kiddo jumps down bus complaining of extreme hunger (never heard her ever say that before) and noise level in the bus... Super Mummy whips up fried rice and a soup for her...

The rest of the evening kiddo couldn't stop describing what happened in school. She was so excited that the description ended around midnight, with her parents dozing off to deep slumber out of sheer exhaustion....zzzzzzzzzz