School #1

School #2

Second shot, clockwise from bottom left: stepping over the threshold into his classroom, his name at his desk, Adam holding my hand on the way home to keep me from blubbering or, to put it another way, losing mah shit.

Riley is only on half days this week before moving on to full days next week. This is quite different to Keira, who was on half days for a whole month back in Prep. I picked him up yesterday and he declared his day as ‘fantastic!’

Then when I got him up this morning he complained, ‘I have to go back again?’

Afraid so, buddy.

I’m still pinching myself: yes, this is all really happening.

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Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity