Maya first day at school

I wanted to be a cool mom, but apparently cool and mom doesnt go well together. Maya started school yesterday - prep and I havent been sleeping for the past week properly. I was nervous, anxious and what not while I tried to tell her that she was going to make new friends and meet new teachers, etc. She was excited, happy to have new uniform, shoes, socks etc. The first day of her school, I hadnt slept the night before and got everything ready. She was supposed to have her first break at 11.15 and second one at 1 pm. I got myself ready to stay in school the whole day, took some snacks and a book for myself too. We went early and waited almost an hour for her class teacher to arrive. When I dropped maya inside the class, she was a tiny bit clingy to me and asked me to stay. I told her I was going to stay just outside and meet her during her first break. I had every intention to do so, until the teacher aide almost threw me out. My little girl was fine inside the class room, but there I was standing outside crying and asking the teacher if I really cannot just watch her from a distance. Thankfully Uday was around, so he dragged me out. I waited for 3 pm and ran to pick her up. She looked a bit lost, but really, SHE WAS FINE. She had had an accident and had hurt her lip, but when she came out, she just explained me what happened. Told me all about the new bathrooms she found, where the girls had seperate toilets and boys had their own. She was going to a day care until now, where the girls and boys shared a common toilet. She was excited that they had to close the bathrooms once they go in. Oh My God, all those little cute things she was saying was melting my heart. As a typical Indian mom, I was forcing her to eat something because I knew she wouldnt have eaten anything properly, but she didnt seem to care much as usual. Onething thats just stuck in my mind is that, when she looked all big, matured and so stubborn when she was going to her day care, she looked so tiny, cute and so so so childish with her hair cut, the big uniform (the smallest of the sizes was still big for her). I loved the way she was walking with her shoes on and she looked just like a baby that she was supposed to be. I was talking to uday recently about how matured she has become and how we miss her childishness, but I witnessed those sweet moments yesterday. first day in a different environment, after a very long, my daughter wanted to be around me, holding hands and saying sweet childish things.... Really a memory to cherish....Love u Maya...you are my world!!!