It happened..........

my baby grew up to 5 and a half right before my very eyes. WOW where did the time go?? These are the thoughts that have consumed this mom's brain for the past few weeks. It seems like we have been building up to this all summer. We have had lots of chats and talking about kindergarten at our house. So much so, Maggie talks as if she is also going "with sissy" to kindergarten. And even though Julia has only gone to school for 3 days total so far it is still hard for Maggie when she leaves (mainly because Wyatt has dropped her off the past 2 times and it is very painful for Daddy AND sissy to leave together without her). She has been here with me this week but after the Labor day break she will be going to preschool on Mon and Wed mornings after we drop Julia at her school.

Julia is LOVING school. I need to video her when she gets dismissed at the back of the school. She is considered at "walker" because our neighborhood is right next to the school. The playground has a path leading to the back end of our subdivision. The walkers are dismissed all together at the back of the playground. Maggie and I meet her there after school is out. Depending on the weather and time sometimes we walk and sometimes we drive. To see her running full speed across the grass all the way to us is priceless so I need to capture it on video. Wyatt and I took her together on the first day and stayed for a parent meeting/breakfast that lasted an hour. Then we left. Left her there with 19 other 5 year olds and 1 teacher ( who is great but I feel soo sorry for because she is about to pop out her 1st baby in a few weeks). It was just very overwhelming to wrap my mind around the fact that it is already time to do this......... There were lots of teary mamas and I was one but I hid it well........

The rest of that day was really quiet around the house and I watched the clock all day so I could go pick her up and hear all about her day. She had a blast. She loves school just like we knew she would. She is still getting used to the schedule since kindergarten is a part time program in our district. She goes on Mondays,Wednesdays, and every other Friday. The school, from what we have seem so far is GREAT!! I feel like she is in very capable hands. I have already been to 3 meetings and will be volunteering to help out up there when I can. I am hoping Maggie and I can go up there one day next week and eat lunch with her. Maggie gets out of school at noon and Julia does not eat lunch until 1pm (but they have morning snack). I would love to see her in action with all her new friends.

So next week I will have 6 hours of "free" time on my hands for the first time since Maggie was born. I need to start making a list.........