Being a homeschool mom, I don't have a lot of experience of dropping my children off somewhere for even a few hours. I don't see how parents drop their children off for the day at school, day care, etc.
I just took Rebecca and Emily to VBS at a local baptist church where they go for co-op during the school year. Rebecca had no problem going. She has been looking forward to it for a while now. After checking in, we walked into the sanctuary and she found her grade. There were a couple of boys and one girl from co-op that she knew so she started chatting away to the little girl. No problem there. No separation anxiety or anything.
I walked with Em to the grade she's in and saw no one that she knew. She started to cling to me- something that never happens. I knew of one little girl that should have been in her class but didn't see her, although I had already saw her sister and mother so I knew she had to be there somewhere. Then I saw that they had divided that age group into 2 groups and that Emily was in the blue one and I was looking at the red group. We saw the little girl from co-op who gave Emily a huge smile and big squeeze. The little girl scooted over and made room for Emily to sit in her chair with her. So after one last "I'm scared" hug from Emily, I left.
She'll do great, I have no doubt. But how will I do??? Well, I'm going to go gut their room while they are gone for the morning. I can't wait for 12:30 when I can pick them up though...I miss them already. It feels weird without them.
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I have Emily for crafts this week and although more subdued than usual she seems to be having fun. My boys would not have gone to your church without you being there. I can relate to it feeling weird without them. Take a deep breath and try to get stuff done. ; )Darla
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