Does anyone remember what their first day at school was like?

I remember my first day quite well although it sounds unbelievable. There I was in the nursery section of Baldwins and I was happy because my cousin Sadaf was with me. Both of us were totally engrossed in playing in the sand and after a while I realised that I had no idea where my parents were. I looked up and saw my Abbu and Sadaf’s father smiling at us from outside the nursery gate. That’s all I remember. If I add anything more to it, it would probably be a fabrication of something my memory has added over the years.

Tomorrow is going to be Azhaan’s first day at school. It’s hard to believe somehow because I remember the day he was born as if it were yesterday! (Ayesha, I even remember you sending me the SMS when I told you about the planned operation, you said, congrats on becoming Mummy V2.0 or something!) Ok, that ought to prove that I have quite an elephantine memory. But its selective, like it is for most of us. Ok, I’m digressing.

Yes, so its Azhaan’s first day tomorrow at Podar Jumbo Kids. I’m excited and a little nervous because of late, he has started this new thing of throwing up when he’s crying. And since he’s really very attached to me, he’s not going to like it when I leave him there.

Of late, he has started using ‘Please’ a lot, not to actually be polite, but more in a pleading kind of way which I just cannot resist. I really hope he will not say something like, ‘Please no school’!

So, I had promised him chocolate cake for the first day of school and I finished baking it. Although I really don’t think he’s going to be very keen on opening that cute Pooh box I got for him to see what he has got.

Saboor’s first day is a little hazy because he just cried and cried and screamed and he refused to be taken upstairs.
I just hope Azhaan settles into school quickly!

So, all you guys out there….what was your first memory of school? I’m sure it will make for interesting reading!