The good, the lunch and the sometimes lonely

And then like a gentle prod; in two days, two people asked me about my blog…. And my answer was the same. I can’t manufacture inspiration. Not that I am suggesting anyone can. I just find that I need an extravagant amount of mental space to be able to write anything of interest and this space is not something I have found of late.  Strangely however, after these two conversations I feel re-motivated to banish my creative tardiness.  The last weeks have been full of much busyness both mentally and logistically.  And this ends my excusing of my absence from my writing.

Lovely Miss (just turned) 5 has started Kindergarten and while I am supposed to be an expert at school transition by now I am not. Like every baby is different so is every Kindy kid.  Thankfully she is enjoying school. When I asked her about her favourite thing the other day she answered lunch. I suspect that in part this love of lunch related to her new found confidence in opening packaging.  She is so pleased about this skill that she opened 5 boxes of a breakfast milk drink for each family member - the slightly unfortunate aspect was that no one actually likes these drinks i bought but she was so pleased i could do nothing more than share her joy and thank her.   

I was surprised tonight that she asked if she has to go to school every day, and when she can have a play date with one of her preschool friends.  I smiled bravely and said she did but we could invite a friend over on the weekend. I wandered out loud how many new friends she would make at school over the coming weeks.  I was dismayed to hear that at lunchtime she played on her own today despite the backup two older siblings! I have learned that whether this feeling of loneliness is actual or relates to her internal experience it should not be disregarded.  Again I imagined what it would be like when she had made lots of friends at school. And asked about the friend she has spoken of.   We talked about it taking time to form new friendships.   

Whilst I am desperate to offer a quick mummy fix I am also quietly confident that Miss 5 will have no shortage of friends or fun at school over the coming weeks and years.  I am sure I have said it before, I was not enamored with may things about my school years however I do remember that one only needs a few good friends to make it way more fun. This hasn't changed so much over the years.   And i can wholeheartedly relate to eating lunch being a favourite pastime as well.