Few days before school I had to realise that my daughter has outgrown her shoes (in a month and a half!), so we had to run into town to get new ones – obviously in the heaviest rain and wind but it’s fine… This is a big step – a new chapter for her as she is starting school.

I consider myself as a very organised person so everything was ready for the Big First Day: all her clothes are neat, ironed and everything is name-tagged such as her school bag and her water bottle etc. We were right on time leaving the house and walk to school. Obviously we had time to take nice “first day at school” photos in front of the gate. Even the weather was nice and sunny. I was very emotional seeing my daughter in her uniform (she looked so grown-up), waiting to go into her class.

What could go wrong, right? Well there were signs, I just did not get them…

First sign was when I saw that one mum from preschool, waiting in front of the same class as my daughter. Wait, what? We thought our daughters will be in different classes. Anyway, we were really happy for this:)

Second sign was the teacher’s name on the door were completely different than on my papers, but it could be just a minor change…

Third and the most red-flag sign was that all the kids got their name stickers except my daughter. But also, this could be just a little mistake, first days are always hectic, right?… Well, her name was not even on the list…

So when I got home, I checked the paper (what I already had checked previously THREE times for the exact time we have to be there and for the teachers’ names) and realised that I sent my daughter into the wrong class…

Well, once upon a time I was very oganised, but clearly not today…