First Day of Kindergarten

First day? "Great, but I really wanted to ride the bus" (The Boy)

We're all exhausted but looking forward to Day 2 tomorrow!

Dear Monkey,

Tonight I can't help but wonder just where the past five years have gone. Certainly it was just yesterday I held you in my arms, you staring back at me with those knowing blue-grey eyes looking at me with love. You showed me how someone can truly love someone and just know it. I loved you before I knew you and saw you and cared for you.

When we were finally home as a family, you learned to roll and sit up and crawl. To cruise and run while holding that toy for forever and then one day there you where letting go and walking! And yes the next day running. Okay sure it wasn't all roses and chocolate but it was our ride and we walked it together.

There was PreK for 3 year and PreK for 4 year. We were reaching for the remote for the pause button then.

And now here we are the eve before you start Kindergarten. Another one of those times I let you go to take the steps on your own while inside I am internally wishing for some sort of pause.

I want to yell SOMEONE SLOW DOWN THE TIME as the tears stream down my face but I fear I'll be unheard due to all the excitement. And that is really how it should be.

Monkey Boy, I love you more than all the Cars in your room. Bigger than outter space. All the way up to the moon and back. I pray you will have the Best Day Ever and learn the rules. That the day won't be too bor-rin and you will meet all new friends to play with. I pray your new OT is just as awesome as your last. And that you try your hardest - knowing it is okay if you mess up sometimes when you try. I pray you truly won't miss me even as I will spend my entire day wondering how our day went and just what you were doing at various moments throughout my day oh who am I kidding Missing The Stew out of you while trying NOT to cry all day.

I'm going to miss you despite the fact that you're such a big boy. But you will always be My Only Boy. So pretty much even though my heart feels cracked at the seems and all? I am so happy and excited for you and hope you have the bestest day ever at Kindergarten.

Please, Lord, Be with him all day. Watch over him Because I love him with every square inch of my heart.

Dear Monkey Boy - you will have So Much Kindergarten fun and I cannot wait to hear you tell me all about it after school. I love you so very very much. Hope you have the Best First Day Ever.

Love you the most and the biggest.

Mommy.

Kindergarten Verification

It's official - we've been verified! The Boy & I signed away our lives, or rather that we won't allow The Boy to use his cell in class and we won't write checks to the cafeteria oh and we won't be tardy or late less we have to pay a fine! All documented by the parent (here!) and the child (there!) And then we heard the sentence we have been waiting for . . . You will be in Mrs Black's class! and Oh were we not excited since we had been praying we might end up with Mrs. Black! Off to her room we went so The Boy could see both his teacher & his room. The room that The Boy has deemed "Great"

He's quite excited that Kindergarten will start on Thursday and hopes to meet all his new friends. For now he's happy to know where his room is and who his teacher will be. We are looking forward to a wonderful year with Mrs. Black this year and hope she and The Boy get along fabulously!

We're all praying and fingers crossing and hope-hope-hoping for a great first day for The Boy come Thursday. He's very excited and raring to go. Tomorrow is one last Hurrah at BigMama's while mommy works doing evals. For now he's nestled snug in his bed and I am not far behind him. Good practice for the real deal on Thursday, right? Right.

Happy Verification Day!

Adding an Additional Color to the Back-to-School Wardrobe

Purple and blue go well with red, right?

Because it would appear that in addition to our red shirt with new red shoes? We will be sporting red, purple and blue on our chin

Because put quite simply:

The Boy tripped over a basket I left out last night and went plowing in to a table with, apparently, his face, chin and chest. Fabulous wasn't it? To get the game face on for the start of Kdg on Thursday, yes? Nothing says Hi I'm Your New Student on Tuesday quite like the huge busted chin on The Boy, right? But for now we are wearing a Nemo bandaid to keep the strawberry stuff (read: blood) from going all over his WallE pillow tonight.

Never a dull moment in a house with boys. Hope your Sunday had a calmer feel to it!