Edward is very interested in this idea of school. He does not seem to realize that he is only two, and that this precludes him from going to kindergarten with his older sister. All morning he has been asking me, “Where’s Ruby?” and when I tell him she’s at school, he wanders around the house sadly, repeating the words “at school,” over and over again, as if they were a part of a magic spell that might take him there.
Of course being at school comes with all sorts of perks, so it’s no wonder that he wants to participate. For instance, Ruby got a new backpack and a new lunchbox, while Edward did not. Not only that, but this morning we put delicious food into Ruby’s lunchbox, and Edward did not get any of it. Even when I explained to him that, in just a few short hours, we would be eating the same things, he stole the lunchbox and ran off with it to hide in the closet. Now cue the upset sister who’s lunch has just been snatched, but it is a Dora lunchbox after all, and Edward loves Dora the Explorer.
We managed to get the lunchbox back, and the backpack too, which he stole after we put the lunchbox in it, and Ruby got safely off to school. That’s when the “Where’s Ruby”s started. Even when we went outside to play, he seemed to think that she would be waiting just outside our door. This was a little sad, but very cute. He has been to her school before, surely he knows that it is not in our courtyard. That does not stop him from looking for her, apparently.
I am assuming that this is as much of an adjustment for him as it is for everyone else, and that after a short time he will, well, adjust. At least I hope so. It’s only natural to want to do what the big kids are doing, but I am personally enjoying him being two and home with me. School will be here soon enough, Buddy. No need to rush anything.