We’d wake up a little earlier and of course get ready in the 1st day of school outfit- but the best part was when we got out of the house early enough to go for breakfast-ish (at the time it was for her, a special hot chocolate and the best hot baguette with melted butter with me having same with coffee). That blissful extra half hour happened right across the street from school but you can both decide the location and the meal. We’d sit outside on the bench and just take in the sights together in the calm before the bustle of the rest of the kids arriving. Us with our perfect food, we could talk or contemplate in pure bliss. The opposite of stress!