I had the typical mom anxiety about kindergarten.
Because I was sending my firstborn off for the whole day. I read back over those fears and even all these years later, I understand. I’m not looking back and shaking my head at how silly I was. It’s perfectly normal to have some worries about big changes for your kids.
And yet… that firstborn, the one who always has to go first, who went off to kindergarten with a backpack that was practically as big as he was…
Who humored me when I needed to take pics of every silly little milestone- even when it was just shopping for something to wear on the first day of school…
Who managed to simultaneously look so big (in comparison to his younger brothers) and yet still be my baby…
THAT kid is finishing up his last few days of elementary school.
Next year, it’s off to middle school.
And I’m so proud of the young man he is becoming, the young man that he is already.
I just don’t know how we got from those kindergarten days to this, already, just like that.
I’d impart words of wisdom here, how to treasure all the moments, but the days are long and the years are short and there will be days you don’t want to treasure, you just want them over. Even though it’s true about how quickly time flies by…
Though I will say: snap as many pics as you can. And enjoy all the little celebrations along the way. Even if (like me) you tend to roll your eyes at the idea of things like kindergarten graduation, it won’t seem silly later.
But it will seem absolutely ridiculous that the tiny child you just dropped off at kindergarten seemingly last month is ever so grown up now.