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Laila has started first grade. Woohoo!!!

As usual, she's among the youngest in class. She only turning 6 in a couple of weeks while her classmates are already 7. This gave her a little bit of insecurity. She was worried she won't be allowed to attend Grade 1 because she's not yet 7.

She seems to be enjoying school. Baby Cat only cried a little bit when I had to leave her alone in class on the first day. On the second day, she didn't mind riding the school bus on her own. This morning, she almost forgot to kiss me goodbye before hopping on the bus.

So far so good. She has these horrible separation anxiety attacks whenever school starts. She's taken after me. I still have terrible bouts of separation anxiety even if business trips are a regular part of work.

Laila looks like she's coping better than I am. She really is an upgraded version of me.

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Laila's lost one of her upper front teeth on the first day of class. She says she was biting into her cupcake when it fell off. That tooth had been wiggling for the past days but she didn't want to go to the dentist to have it pulled out.

It'll fall off when it wants to, she tells me.

And it did. On the first day of class!

Laila said her classmates laughed seeing her toothless all of a sudden. I asked if she felt bad that her classmates laughed. (I don't like her being teased.)

She said 'no' and flashed me a wide one tooth less grin. 'I look funny,' she said, urging me to put my hand in front of her mouth to feel her breath from the gap between her teeth.

I think she's not as affected by teasing as me and she doesn't mind as much when she looks funny. She really is my upgraded version.