First day at school

Here is Kitty, all ready for her first day at school.

No unform today because of Sports this afternoon. She insisted on the plaits.

Head down, glum, stopping to sort out a shoe, playing for time, looking back over a shoulder, reluctant to go...

That was me.

Kitty was fine. Eagerly bounding in at the classroom door. "I've got a new lunchbox with Winnie the Pooh!"

I had to ask, humbly, needily, for a goodbye cuddle and then she was off to join the others. No looking back.

When did she get so grown up?