Kindergarten Registration/Sign Up was today. Or, what I like to call "Kindergarten SIGH Up!"
*SIGH, my girls can not be old enough to go to kindergarten!
*SIGH, we're perfectly happy the way we are!
*SIGH, my little girls will no longer be available to me on a whim to go play, just because I'm off work and I want to!
*SIGH, there goes our long weekends!
*SIGH, there goes our Friday to Monday adventurous out of town getaways 8 months out of the year!
But most of all, *SIGH*, I don't want them to grow up so fast and gain so much independence that, well .... they don't need me for every little thing! I LIKE that they need me. I LIKE that they always want me around. Kindergarten will corrupt them! Someone will surely tell them it is not cool to want to be with your mother! And, by the way, I want the name of THAT kid!
But, like it or not, they are turning 5 and ... they are READY. They are so smart, so social. They are ready for the next step. Reading, math, music, art -- they are more than ready. But I'm not. And I'm afraid whether school started at 5 years old or 15 years old, I wouldn't be ready to say goodbye to these sweet, sweet baby, toddler and preschool years we've had. We've had so, SO much fun. Flipping though photo albums and postcard albums -- the fun we've managed to fit into 5 years is astounding. It doesn't have to end right? Just a new kind of fun! Summer Fun. After Homework Is Done Fun. And When Mom is the Only Option Left Fun -- after all the school friends have gone home for the day. A NEW kind of fun.
I'll take what I can get with these two. And, you'd better believe I'm making the most out of this last summer before the official start of school!
For the record, they, too, are reluctant to say goodbye to the preschool years. Or at least that's what they say. But, you'll see smiles in the photos up there -- as they get ready to walk into their new big kid school -- that may just indicate their reluctancy is all quite a show for mom and dad -- because they are READY!
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