Tomorrow it is official, I have a First Grader! Although if you ask her she will tell you she has been a first grade student since her last day of Kindergarten and if you need some additional proof she will tell you she's 6. Yep, she has all the answers:)
So a first grader. It's exciting and scary. It's surreal and yet realistic. I'm thankful that I know Kaylee's teacher. In fact she and I served Jury Duty together a couple years ago. She had just finished her first year teaching at Towanda. She is super nice and I know she will be a great teacher.
We are lucky to go to a great school. There is one teacher per grade and although we have a small school we are part of a big district and therefore reap the benefits. It's the best of both worlds. I look forward to what the new school year will bring. Back to the PTO meetings, school functions and room parties. I volunteered to chair the Deck the Halls this year so I'm already freaking about that, which doesn't take place until December. Back to homework and school letters, birthday parties and play dates and all the fun thing the school year brings. Even the unfun things the hurt feelings, catching of some of the attitude of the older kids, and of course all the unknowns.
Kaylee is her anxious self. When I asked her if she was excited for school she said "I don't know I'm not really used to the routine anymore." Translation: I'm nervous because I don't know how it's going to go and what I'm supposed to do. How am I so versed in this language? Because she is just like me. Since we are two peas in the pod we will both rise above our anxiety's and head to school with a smile on our faces tomorrow. I may shed a few tears after she's walked through those doors and I head back to the van, but at the end of the day we'll feel it's a success and be ready for the next.
Yep, it's time for first grade.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
"I'm growing up you know!"
A couple weeks ago the girls and I did a little shopping while Daddy was gone for the weekend. A little dinner and some school supplies is what the plan was. First stop shoes. Both needed their feet measured as the shoes optional or at minimal flip-flop weather will be gone before we know it. Kaylee needs shoes for PE. So as we were perusing the shoe selection and the girls excitedly trying on EVERY pair, Kaylee asks "Mom, when are you going to buy me high heels?" "I'm growing-up you know!"
While my response was "Your school supply list says you need tennis shoes for PE not high heels." my mind was thinking "I know." Maybe we aren't quite ready for the high heels, but she is growing up. In less than 2 weeks I will have a first grader. While I'm excited for all these new things and experiences I find myself searching for a pause button, some days a rewind button.
Not only on days when she so directly tells me that she is growing up do I realize this, but on days where she is talking about music groups that I know nothing about. I thought I did a good job in keeping with the know??? I notice it on days when she hugs me and I don't have to bend over so much anymore. I notice it on days when reads her chapter book to me, she just finished one of the Diary of a Wimpy kid books. I notice it on days where we are at the mall and she wants to try clothes on, or picks things out to reflect who she is and her style. I realize this when she is having rational and logical arguments with me and not so much emotional ones (although the emotional ones are still the majority:))
Yep, she's growing-up! And while there will be no high heels, outside of play dress-up, for now I am all too aware that there will be soon enough. High heels, bras, periods....boyfriends, dating, school dances, driving...it's exciting and terrifying. Just like learning to keep your balance when starting to wear high heels, eventually I'll get my balance back as I continue to watch my baby "grow-up."
While my response was "Your school supply list says you need tennis shoes for PE not high heels." my mind was thinking "I know." Maybe we aren't quite ready for the high heels, but she is growing up. In less than 2 weeks I will have a first grader. While I'm excited for all these new things and experiences I find myself searching for a pause button, some days a rewind button.
Not only on days when she so directly tells me that she is growing up do I realize this, but on days where she is talking about music groups that I know nothing about. I thought I did a good job in keeping with the know??? I notice it on days when she hugs me and I don't have to bend over so much anymore. I notice it on days when reads her chapter book to me, she just finished one of the Diary of a Wimpy kid books. I notice it on days where we are at the mall and she wants to try clothes on, or picks things out to reflect who she is and her style. I realize this when she is having rational and logical arguments with me and not so much emotional ones (although the emotional ones are still the majority:))
Yep, she's growing-up! And while there will be no high heels, outside of play dress-up, for now I am all too aware that there will be soon enough. High heels, bras, periods....boyfriends, dating, school dances, driving...it's exciting and terrifying. Just like learning to keep your balance when starting to wear high heels, eventually I'll get my balance back as I continue to watch my baby "grow-up."
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