Alder's Tone

Wrong.

We've been wondering when he's going to be moved up a room at nursery. They have staged rooms with activities, play, learning etc all appropriate for the age group in that room. So far we've been in babies, next is toddlers and finally on to beenies & tweenies before going to school.

He's been held back a little bit from moving on up as toddlers have had a big influx of late and the progression has been staggered, with junior being one of the later ones to go. He's been up for visits, and from the look of him when he's in the big big room he's wanting to skip toddlers and head straight for beenies & tweenies. So we did casually ask a couple of weeks ago and it looked like the later part of this month.

On Monday he came home with a note. I hope this isn't a trend, I don't want notes from the head when he's 13 or anything. Anyway, the note said that he was moving up as of Monday 11th.

That makes his last day in babies today.

Baby's last...day in babies.

See, the clue was in the title after all - no tricks, no Derren Brown moments, just straight forward honesty.

Kisses all round this morning, bye-bye to Mummy & Daddy, one for Angela too. And again tonight, a big sloppy thank-you kiss to say goodbye to Anna.

It's a shame in a way because the only morning in living memory he's actually turned left to head down the corridor to babies was this morning - he usually carries straight on towards toddlers. Monday will be the test - who'll screw it up - him or us?

Oh, and if the HCC was still on the go, there would have been a chalk-up this morning! Predictable!