Dylan had his last day of school (Montessori) yesterday and it was oddly emotional to say goodbye to his first ever teacher, the same teacher he's had for the last 4 yrs. We sent flowers and she came and gave Dylan a huge hug as he left for the last time.
Dylan's finding the move quite difficult at the moment. For the last 3 or 4 days in a row he's complained of tummy ache which I'm convinced is nerves related. Yesterday the school called me to pick him up in the morning as he was 'ill'. It's so hard to keep him buoyant about the whole thing. He is scared and nervous and doesn't want to leave his friends, completely understandably. I am trying to be as positive as I possibly can to keep him encouraged. Not the easiest thing for me either as I find the whole moving process quite stressful and upsetting.
Darren and Sandra (friends) offered to babysit for us last night so that we could go out. It was the first night out we've had since Harry was born! Sandra offered, reminding me that we wouldn't know anyone well enough to trust them when we move for quite a while , and that we should take advantage and go out before we leave. So nice. Anyway, the boys had a great time and so did we -- saw Mr & Mrs Smith at the movies and had Thai food, awesome, and exactly what I needed yesterday after being stressed about all our things being packed up.
Dylan has a party to go to this morning and I'm going to try to sort out what little is remaining in the house and start some cleaning (urgh).
Posted by katie at June 18, 2005 09:22 AMwishing you all the luck in the world
Posted by: Laura at June 18, 2005 11:37 AMBig hugs.
I would imagine you're going to have to do lots of fun days out with Dylan when you get to the other end.
Good good good luck with the move, love.
xx
Posted by: cait at June 19, 2005 06:03 AMI have no advice to offer about how to help Dylan through the move but you know I'm wishing you all the very best.
Posted by: Steve at June 19, 2005 06:17 PM