Thursday, August 13, 2009

Blogging Through the Pain

I just dropped Princess and Dexy off for their first day of day care for the 2009-2010 school year.

Sven drops the kids off, as a rule. He can do it. I break down in tears every time I have to leave them. The only time I drop them off is if Sven is sick.

Except, of course, I go on the first day.

Dexy was very concerned when we got there. His little brow furrowed, and his cheeks puffed out as he held on to his lower lip, struggling not to cry. He hates to cry when he's scared. Fortunately, the wonderful Miss DeeDee said the magic words ("Would you like some breakfast?") and he went to her. He clung to my neck when I hugged him good-bye, but there were no tears. From him, anyway. I left too quickly for him to see mine. I risked a look back, and he was examining breakfast with Miss DeeDee, his arm around her shoulders, Mommy and Daddy forgotten for the moment.

I should have felt better.

Then, we took Princess to Miss Liz. All of the children over three have breakfast together, so the room was full of much bigger kids who were already noisy and playing. Princess got nervous and began to pull against my hand. We took her to the breakfast table, with her chanting, "Maybe we should do this tomorrow."

Then she saw him.

Tyler.


Princess lost all interest in Sven and me. Miss Liz had to prompt, "Say goodbye to Mommy and Daddy," and she threw a casual wave in our direction while smiling invitingly at Tyler.

I'm not sure I care for Tyler.

It took less than 10 minutes. Both children were in day care, seeming secure and happy. I went to the grocery store, thinking about everything I could get done this week, before I have to return to work.

When I stop crying, that is.

7 comments:

Kristina P. said...

Oooohhh, I'm sure they will be fine. And you will be too!

Barbaloot said...

My mom was the same way with us---hated the first day of school! I hope your kids can survive without you...and yikes, that Tyler. Good luck:)

Joanna said...

Tyler. Hmmm. Tyler. Hmmm. Tyler. And she waved casually. This does not bode well. Well, maybe it bodes ok.

Joy and Dennis said...

I'm kind of with Joanna on this Tyler thing....On the bright side, It is good that Joey has a friend and when she saw him, she felt that it was okay to stay...On the not so bright side, he's a boy and she's a girl and well, they are both too young for this kind of flirtatious behavior! LOL!!! But then again, they are young...I'm sure it's fine...they're young....it's fine...really.....

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