This is the first thing I saw on Tuesday morning when I opened my eyes. My sweet girl right in my face telling me she had school "this day". Much to my surprise, she was excited! And it kinda made me sad.
But my sadness quickly turned to complete joy when she came downstairs wearing this saying she was ready for school! She is a dress up freak! It was hard to tell her she could not wear this to her first day of preschool. Grocery store, church, playground, post office- I don't care, but the first day of preschool? I just couldn't do it. And praise God she was okay with changing.
My two loves at school. This is Aiden's last semester of preschool before heading off to.....never mind.....I can't talk about it.
Aren't they the cutest?!? Olivia has a thing for sunglasses right now. She would not take them off until right before I left and she had to go sit down for the alphabet warm up song.
Okay, I have to talk about it. While the kids were at school, against my own will, I drove to Aiden's too soon to be school. I sat in the parking lot for quite some time not wanting to do what I knew I needed to do. Jim and I have been talking and praying about where he should go to school and while we would love to send him to a certain private school, it is just not going to work out this year. I am a little disappointed but I am okay with it. I think this is where He wants Aiden to be...for now. I mustered up some strength and started my walk into his future school. With my stomach in knots and pain in my heart I pushed the buzzer thingy to be let in. Much to my surprise, when I opened the door and stepped into the building, I felt a little excited. It was just so sweet seeing all these little people talking and laughing and working on projects. Thank you God for giving me peace! I walked over to the office and happily asked for the "Kindergarten enrollment packet please." The ladies were so nice and explained to me what I needed to do. Walking back to the car I could not believe I was already one of those moms. You know, the moms who have to enroll their 5 year old in Kindergarten! I already have a 5 year old! Time has flown by. I am so so so blessed to have been able to spend so much time with my kids. Sending him off somewhere for 7 hours a day is going to be tough. But for now, I could not wait to tell my boy what I did while he was at school.
On our way to the park after school Aiden and I talked about Kindergarten. When I asked him if he wanted to ride the bus he said, "No, I want to walk to school when it is warm weather and you can take me in the winter." This made me so happy! I feel so blessed to be able to walk or drive him to and from school everyday. I know that by the time school gets here he may change his mind about the bus but I am just going to be happy for now that he wants his mama to take him!
There. I talked about it. And I am getting a little excited for him! Now I just cannot wait to help out in his classroom and go on field trips. And nobody better tell this mama she can't come because I will be there!
Now I just hope I can be this cool when we go for orientation and when I take him to his first day of school. I really do not want to be one of those moms who does the ugly cry when dropping her kid off at school! Lord have mercy!
