Xuan in P1

Kicked off 2018 feeling meh about new routine in life. Our firstborn is officially P1 and he is very cool taking it. Hubby and I are proud of him that he is independent handling his stuff and we have no worry at all. The school was open for the first two days to allow the parents to go in. I told Xuan that I would only send and pick him on the first day after which he will have to survive by asking around. He was ok with that. He listened to the instruction given by the teachers attentively and told me not to disturb. He chased me out too. But the first day coming home, he said I should have stayed during recess because all the parents stayed and guided their kids to buy food at the canteen. I defended myself that, he can buy junks like ice cream from the grocery stores nearby but he needed me to guide him at the canteen? Since it’s once-in-a-life-time experience, I still felt guilty, so I sneaked out from office the second day to see him during recess. He was surprised to see me. So I gave him RM2 to buy fish balls for Cheng and himself. He was very shy and did not know whether he should speak Malay, Chinese or English to place his order. Then I met a parent of his kindergarten friend who talked me into subscribing my son for the monthly meal provided by the canteen. It’s RM50 a month and all Xuan needs to do is to go to his designated seat to have his food. While I was waiting for hubby’s reply, although Xuan is a bread lover, he should not have bread or bun everyday. So I paid without telling Xuan. Coming home, I told Xuan to go to his seat at number 398 from the next day onwards. I was kind of worried about him not finding his seat because I did not show him the place at all. The next day, the father went to peek at him during lunch break and saw him sitting down, eating his food with his best friend. The only thing that we are still cracking our head is the transportation sending him back from school. It’s too late that we have wasted so much time unnecessarily. It makes us consider transferring Xuan to a school nearby so that we would have the quality time we want. But making a new arrangement is very tiring and Xuan starts to have many new friends. I have another fear when all my kids go to school and choose their activities of different time. Surely, we will have to wait longer or perhaps spend half a day at the school. So here it is, when Xuan is P6, Cheng will be P4 and XY will start her P1. Wow, that’s another long way to go.