-last minute school shopping
-home organization
-first and last public pool outing
-first and last b-b-q with friends and swimming {3 weeks between grades is NOT enough time}
-one on one dates with each of the kids {more on that later}
Phew--my week has been full :)!
I haven't really had time to reflect on this new school year, until now. I am so excited for them. For the new experiences that await them.
For myself I am feeling a little sad. I keep telling my sweet children they are not allowed to grow up! I tell this to Audrey the most {she's at such a fun age}.
She must stay four forever and that's final!
Somehow I managed to buy the new school clothes, go to twenty different stores to find the specific colors of folders the teacher is requesting, and have the kids do a fashion show of their first day of school outfit {they loved this}, but inside I am panicking.
How is this happening so quickly? Two short years and I will have a Junior High Schooler. The thought of growing old isn't what frustrates me. I am really quite attached to these little ones. I didn't even put Audrey in preschool this year because I only have one year left with her until she's a school child. just. one. year :(.
I know they'll still be mine, but I can feel them starting to pull away. Nothing rebellious, just normal life. Why did no one tell me it would be so hard to see them grow up? I enjoy seeing their talents develop and their personalities form, but with each new stage I feel a loss. A loss of the child they are slowly leaving behind.
{I highly doubt I'll yearn for the days of scrubbing pink eyeshadow out of the carpet {that was tonight}, or rewashing the pile of freshly washed clothes that's been dumped back in the dirty hamper, instead of being put away.}
Despite all the daily toil and strife I must endure as a mother, I am really trying to cherish these times. They are going by much too quickly.
I suppose I will have this to look forward to someday...
dirty cabin children with grandparents
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| Grammy {as Audrey calls her} and Audrey at the cabin this summer! |
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Tara, I feel the same way and I haven't sent a child to school yet! I have one more year with Aiden before he starts school, what seemed like forever a few years ago is knocking at my door :(
I feel the same way about Kai coming out of my womb. :)
Okay, not REALLY.
But Im sure I will soon feel the same way soon.
Tara, Respectfully- I hated this post;) Seeing as how I just left my kiddos at school about 42 minutes ago, it's still fresh. And I too will have a junior high kid in 2 years. I don't even like to think about it. It really is a freaky thing. I think I'll just keep on having babies until I have grandkids. Wonder how Alan would feel about that?!
I can't even get close to their school without crying. Miles is in kindergarten now, Brighton in preschool and Stella in second grade. Stella leaves at 8:25 is home around 3:45 and we do homework for about 2o minutes and she is back out the door until dinner. I REALLY miss her! I forbid them to grow up as well. But growing up they are!
My kids both start for the first time this year. Yikes. PS, you mom is looking dang skinny.
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