Just wanted to quickly capture some thoughts as Carter approaches his very first day of Kindergarten, something I've anticipated with mixed emotion for years now. Is it too late to change my mind and keep him home till college? Kidding of course. Well, sort of.
He's very excited and doesn't seem to have any concerns. We've gone through the open house, kindergarten meeting, orientation & met the new teacher. The teacher from last year has decided to be a stay-at-home dad, which is great for his new baby, but what about our kindergarteners! Again, kidding, sort of. I was really excited for Carter to have a male teacher this year, so I'm slightly disappointed with the change. However, we did meet the new teacher Mrs. Herpey, and she seems really nice and very kindergartenish.
I get butterflies in my stomach every time I think about him going. He'll hopefully love it. He's done well at pre-school and I'm assuming this will be the same. It's just a long day away from home. Pre-school was 2.5 hrs and home for lunch. Now, he'll be gone for 7 hrs every day. We'll miss him!
On the bright side, he'll be learning so many great things and meeting new friends, playing at recess and running around in gym class. I could say all the cliche things like, "he's gotten so big" and "I can't believe he's already going to kindergarten" and "I wish he'd stay little forever". They'd all be true. So, after many firsts with Carter, we're about to experience another first, the first day of Kindergarten this Friday morning. I better go charge the camera and get the tissues ready.
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Jen, you are so funny--I can hear you saying some of this stuff that you wrote! :) I will be thinking of you guys tomorrow morning...what a big day! I cannot wait to hear all about it!
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