School does not make you rich but it can make you choose a job for a better living. -Yoi

September 5, 2023 was Czaks's first day of school in pre-school. His older sisters had classes ahead of him on August 29 and can be seen in this post.

I thought not

I really thought that Czak would be taking his preschool next year because when I told my mother-in-law about my plan, she said that he is still too young to go and will probably be taking preschool again next year.

I told my husband that it would be a good idea to let him go to work as soon because kids were required to take up until 12th grade before going to college. I bought my son a bag along with his sisters but I was saddened to know that he did not enroll him in school.

On September 4, I asked my husband to take the daughters to school and when he got back home, he told me to wash Czak's bag because he would be going to school the next day and I was very excited.

The preschool teacher was my husband's godmother and will be retiring next year, he was saddened by the news and decided to ask the teacher's permission to enroll our son and she said yes!

Excitement Overload

That night, I told my kids to go to sleep early so we would be awake early the next day because all of them ill be going to school. I talked to Czak about him going to school and he got very excited! In fact, he woke up at 3 a.m. and did not go back to sleep till the sun rose up.

I was still very sleepy but I just couldn't go back to sleep because he would not let me so I and my husband got up tp prepare for breakfast and woke the kids up to prepare for school.

Then I remembered my husband telling me long time ago that he once got very excited to go somewhere and could not sleep. He keep telling himself how slow the morning comes but eventually slept and was left by his friends in the morning because he woke up late and he cried for a longtime.

They are all very excited! And since it was Czak's first time to go to school, and the decisions were rushed, we did not have the chance to get him a uniform, and we were not sure if he would survive it either.

Here, I took a snap of them while waiting for my husband. We decided he would take the girls to school and I would take Czak

Of all the photo I took, Czak did not face the camera, not because he was having bad mood but it was just him being witty.

That's us on the way to school and we are all very excited!

Being late and the consequences

We were already late for school and some kids were already inside the room. There were kids that cried and one even lay down on the floor asking for her mama to take her home but the mama left and stayed outside hoping for her child to calm down yet nothing worked for her.

Some of the kids got infected by her behavior and cried, including my son because he got afraid of what might happen to him fi he went inside. I guess it was his self-preservation. I tried to get him in but he was holding tight on the door. I diverted his attention to the toys and the good stuff inside the room but nothing worked too. Good thing hubby came and took him to the back side and let him watch thru the window those kids that were well behaved inside.

Soon my husband decided I should get inside with him and level him there but he cried aloud. some parents came inside too, and accompanied their children which made her get angry. I took my time compensating with Czak till It felt like I was going to be late already and decided we go home.

I realized that being late is never good. it would have been different if we arrived when no one was crying yet and that if Czak had enough sleep. He was sleepy already since he was awake from 3 to 8 a.m. and that made him grumpy. I am also losing my patience because I was getting hungry.

Czak and I taking a selfie to ease him

Some preschooler's parents wait for their children outside the classroom.

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Then Success!

The first day was not good but we are not giving up, not yet. The next day, they did not have a class, and yesterday, September 7, we took him back to school, and this time, I took the girls and Czak with his father. When I came back, (the elementary school is farther than the preschool) my husband was the only one outside the room. Success!

This time, Czak had enough sleep that we had to wake him up 25 minutes before 7 in the morning Hubby gave my son his milk and some rice and went. I guess they arrived earlier than those kids that cry a lot. I took a peek at him in his room and he was doing great already.

That night, he told me about his new friends and how they played gangi(hand wrestling) and won.

Czak's very first activity in school. He is a smart kid and I know he will be doing great in school. Now I'm thinking about where to find a school uniform for him. I am just glad I was there on his first day of school, when it was Laling and Aelie's time, I was not able to do it since I had to rush to work. I feels fulfilling!

What about you, how does your preschooler do in their first day of school?