Back to school, after 3 days

Keertana's wedding and recovery resulted in 3 days' dumma for Puttu. This morning, I was a bit worried. Have we lost the momentum that had picked up? And Puttu was slowly getting used to spending an hour in the school. Are we in for a repeat trauma?

Actually, apart from very meek and minor protests, she didn't resist going to school today. She went inside, again, without looking back. After an hour or so I came back and waited outside in the car. As soon as I saw some parents coming out with kids, I went in. In fact nobody was crying today. I went to Mrs. Seshagiri's office and chatted with her for a while. Then, I saw Puttu coming out with her bag. It was all such a smooth affair that I was inspired to take some pictures. Here are some pictures. In the picture below you can see the principal's office through the park in the front.

She is the Ayamma who is very stern when she is receiving the kids from the parents in the morning, but very tender and motherly when the kids cry. Today, she said: 'None of them cried today'.

I realised how we underestimate children's capacity to adapt. After coming home, all that she wanted was to cling to me for about half an hour. From next week she is going to be there from 9am to 1pm. That seems quite a jump. Let's see. She needs a uniform now. Every friday is sports day, and she has to wear all white.

In this picture you can see the notice board (behind ayamma) where instructions for parents are written.