I've fought the LA for almost 4 years. Tomorrow my just 4yr old starts nursery. I missed her!!!

[StarlightMcKenzie]

And am a bit tearful tonight.

She's fine of course. I processed her correctly, gave a good act of listening to her, pretended I wasn't on the Internet when she was showing me things etc.

But I missed out.

Moose, I absolutely agree with you about ballet, which is why I have been puting it off. But this 'version' seems to fit the bill as a 'class' at the YMCA rather than dance school and the other children in this class are also attending her nursery, so saw the chance to try and get to know them. It is also a fraction of the cost of dance schools.

Oo, that does sound better than your traditional ballet school type lessons. Wish we had something like that round here, but everyone is far too stuck up!

I have just given in and shed a little tear. Dropped dd at 12.15, came home and kept busy, then saw someone we know walking up to our old toddler group and suddenly the house seemed really quiet. [daft bat emoticon]

It didn't hit me as hard last week, because we had the builders in and Mum was over here every day because I'm still on crutches, so I didn't really get much time at home alone.

Supposed to be fasting today, but have just consoled myself with a chocolate brownie.

I'd probably remove the toilet paper from a toilet roll for her as it's her first day. But maybe I'm too soft (dh would say so). Although dd2 used to do her party trick of removing the toilet roll from the paper when she was about 2yo, which was very irritating.

It's worth looking round ballet schools. I suspect you'd probably thing the one my dc go to is "snooty", but it isn't really. The ballet teacher is also a primary teacher and has her own dc and is very understanding. She'd be very tolerant of any child who wanted to come whatever. They do do exams, but some children choose not to, and just do ballet for fun. Otherwise i doubt my dd1, who was a good interpretation of a heffalump doing ballet at 3yo wouldn't still be doing it at 11yo.

Hope she's enjoyed it, and has forgotten about the toilet roll.

DeWe, that's my dd's favourite trick at the moment. She loves nothing better than to sit on the toilet, singing her head off whilst merrily unravelling the toilet paper. She does wind it back up again, but it's not exactly aesthetically pleasing when she does.

From what I hear, all the ballet schools around here are much of a muchness and highly competitive (parents not children ). There is one on a Saturday morning that's an outside possibility. I suppose I'll have to give in and check that one out soon.

Hope DD really enjoyed her first day starlight and leonie hope DD had a great first day too xx

She had her first day. Then we went to Ballet. Then she had a tired tantrum about me not giving her crisps, which lasted all the way home........

She loved it and surprisingly was keen to tell me in detail everything she did from the minute she arrived to when I picked her up. Some of it sounds a bit strange so I'm glad she's now telling me things the teachers would be embarassed to hear her tell me, as it makes me feel better about her telling them at the home visit that her daddy locks her in his office whilst he goes to see people

Hope Leonie's dd is having a good time and that Leonie's adrenaline levels are okay. I know what it is like to have to meet on a regular basis people who you are at war with but who you want at the same time to have a good relationship with.

Great news for you both! Glad that both stars & leonies girls both had a good start!

Both my DS's are settling back into school now, still get excited that DS1 is actually going to school (PRU), seems he is the only one not on medication but DS is happy so am not knocking it..Yet!

So pleased Starfish, I know it was hard to make the decision to send him there so, so pleased he's happy and it seems to be working.

Thanks star, am just relieved at the moment and trying to relax. My right eye has still got a twitch though! Don't think that is going to go away any time soon!

So happy for both your dds, Leonie and Starlight.

For the first time in his school life, ds did not break out in eczema at the thought of school starting. Ds actually looked forward to it.