You guys. I have a KINDERGARTNER!
September 15th, 2009
And that’s exactly what I would say, over and over, if I were hanging out in your living room right now. Side note: why does my blog voice sound so Valley Girl sometimes? But, like, seriously, you guys, it’s all just kind of hitting me now. Kindergarten.
Maybe it’s because we had so much going on the week she started school (travel, a wedding, a new city’s public transportation to explore), or maybe it’s because she got sick last week and had to miss two days (no, it was not H1N1, but don’t think I didn’t ask). Or maybe it’s because she just hops on the bus so casually every morning, like she’s been doing it for years.
Whatever the reason, it really just hit me tonight that Siena has started kindergarten. I have a kindergartner.
A kindergartner who carries a backpack,
who gets taller by the minute, who picked out an awesome sparkly Super Girl t-shirt to wear on the first day of school,
who hugged us all tightly at the bus stop that first morning but then today just gave me the quickest of squeezes and a slightly exasperated “Mo-OM!” as I tried to hold on a second longer.
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Which, I guess, pretty well sums up this whole experience.
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I’m trying to stop holding on so much, I promise. But, you guys, it’s like, totally hard to let go.
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September 16th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Tears… I have tears in my eyes! Why’d you have to go and include that last picture?! Damn you messing with my emotions so early in the day – and before my coffee is done! Miss you guys.
September 16th, 2009 at 8:45 am
That is so tough, it gets easier. I thought I was a wreck the first day of Elyza’s Kindergarten, First grade is a whole other story. It just sounds scarry. Good luck.
September 16th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
That made me cry! At work! And yes – why did you include the last one?! Totally unexpected and the sweetest and so many memories of her even for ME and I’m not her mother! Argh!
September 16th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Ahh…congrats! Or, I’m sorry. Or maybe some combination of the two.
September 16th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Seriously, Laur! Tears. Jamie, I agree, the last picture shot me right back in time. The picture of Siena hugging Elliot is the best too!
September 16th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Time passes by so quickly. Always enjoy the moment. Next week she will be a graduating senior, off to college!