Gaines's Big Week

This last 6 weeks of school has been a blur with Ella Jo's arrival. Believe it or not I miss my little routine of taking and picking up the boys. I love seeing them interact with their friends and teachers. I love hearing their friends get excited to see them. This week is bittersweet. Gaines graduates from Pre-School and has his Kindergarden night at Gladeville. He is so excited! I have not let myself really think or feel about all of this but I am super sad. As much as the boys annoy me to no end I love having the prove large of staying home and being a part of their lives. From this point on Gaines is never home again with me and I'm going to miss his 5 million questions starting at 5:55am and not ending until he falls asleep. Will is not going to know what to do with himself. He has never not had his big bro around. Gaines could careless how sad we are he is ready to move on and conquer the next stage of his sweet 5 year old life! He has learned so much this year in Pre-K and I am amazed and so proud. 

Off to Kindergarten

So many emotions as my first born heads off to kindergarten. It is hard to cry when Gaines is so ready and excited. We had our Phase In Day on Tuesday and parents stay for an orientation and to meet his teacher. He woke up and pretty much jumped out of bed. We had to vote on outfits for the first day. We had to look over the supply list to make sure we had it all about a 100 times. He listened intently to the orientation taking notes of all rules. School is Gaines's element I can tell already. His take away from everything covered was "when can I get here early to eat breakfast" and "no way am I buying lunch if they have broccoli." My other favorite comment of the morning was "Dad, there's Mrs.Davis! I recognize her from Facebook!" Garrick was trying to hush him from telling that Gaines and I were Facebook stalking his teacher. It is surreal being in the same hallways and library that I was in 27 years ago. I am pretty sure his classroom was my 2nd grade classroom many moons ago! I did tear up after they read this super sad poem in the end but Gaines pretty much ended that with "let's go!" I am so proud of my independent child. He had a great first day. He loved getting a tour and meeting all the support teachers. He loved all the little details. Mrs.Davis uses frogs as her theme and he zoned in on that instantly. He wants to wear all green his first real day of school for her. When I picked him up he looked so small with his giant backpack in front of the looking school. I think the hardest part for me is trusting that someone is going to love and watch over my child like I would. Letting go...