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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

did you miss me?

Juma had his first full-length school day yesterday. I left him there at about 8:30am in the company of his new favorite teacher, John, and got back to pick him up at 4:40pm. Half of the kids had already been picked up, so I was a little worried Juma might have been desperately waiting for me to show up.

When he saw me, he had a huge smile on his face and came to give me a big hug. His teacher said he had a good day. On the way home, I asked him, "Were you waiting a long time for me to come?"

"Well," he explained, "the teachers said that mommies and daddies will come at different times today to pick up their kids." Phew, they had prepped him so he wouldn't wonder where his mom was if Simon and Aloni and Eliana had already gone home with their parents.
"Did you miss us while you were at school?" I asked.
He thought for a second. "No," was his answer.
"Not even a little bit?"
He smiled.

1 comment:

Natalie Simkins said...

John is Jessica's favorite too. She also loves Donna. We miss that school soo much. I am glad that he is liking it there.
Please tell them HI for us