3 weeks into A's career as a first grader...
and I'll be honest...
it's not been easy on her.
She has all of the sudden become resistant to wanting to go to school...
I have many theories that {may} play a part of this...
and I have eliminated the following reasons after some
"Momma Detective" work.
Her teacher is {FABULOUS}...
She has LOTS 'n LOTS of friends in class...
She is a very smart girl and doesn't struggle academically...
She has been getting 11-12 hours of sleep a night...
The following reasons have been suggested to me:
Her summer was full of unstructured play time that is hard to readjust to a structured schedule...
She has never been away from me for more than 3 hours on a regular basis
{school's now 6.5 hours long}...
Maybe she knows that she's missing out on all of the fun that Had and I are having.
Now the first two could very well be legitimate reasons behind her anxiety...
but I know that the last is not.
"How do I know this, you ask?"
She has NOOOO idea how much fun that Had and I are having these days...
cause we don't tell her :-)
{if she knew what she was missing...the resistance would be unbearable}.
I was blessed to have 3 years of absolute quality one-on-one time with our 'A' before the addition of Had to our family...
So now, it's my turn to get my one-on-one time with Had...
and we are loving it!!!
For instance, last week, after dropping A off at school...
we headed up to a fun, new doughnut shop about 15 minutes away.
We invited 3 other momma's with kiddo's not yet in school to join us.
We started here:
I'm kicking myself that I didn't take a picture of ALL of the possible doughnut options that Legendary Doughnuts has to offer.{guess we'll have to go back}
After some serious deliberating,
Had opted for a Cookies 'n Cream doughnut
and I opted for the Caramel Cinnamon Doughnut.
Had was is sugar-high heaven...
'Momma...do I have something on my face?'
Our new friend, Miss M finally settled on a original Chocolate Bar.
Here's is M's momma, Amy.
I only wish I could have video recorded her reaction to her first bite of her
'Oprah' doughnut.
Maple bar with strips of bacon on top.
Now I don't due Maple...at all!!!
...but her {borderline inappropriate} response for this little gem, may have me ordering one next time...
or at least stealing a bite of hers.
How handsome is this little man?
He is so stinkin' cute!!!
Funny connection...
his dad and I taught together...
way back when I was a teacher...
and they only live 3 streets over
and one of his older sister's is in A's class.
It's wonderful...because they are a phenomenal family!!!
After we had inhaled our doughnuts...
we took the kiddos to a 'new' park in a large housing community near the doughnut shop.
The kiddo's were so excited to get to run around like monkey's on 'new' toys.
To know me...
is to know that I DO NOT CONDONE
the whole 'princess' thang.
In fact, I try and discourage it as much as possible...leave it to this feisty lady to go 'gung-ho' into it.
Miss M was really excited to test out her balance on this thing.She quickly learned that if she took a minute to smile at me...
it threw off her balance...
she quickly 're-focused' herself and kept herself composed and balanced.
After they had 'tried out' all of the new toys...
it was time to head over to the large, lush, green, grassy hill to get their
'roll-on.'
It was trickier than I think they had anticipated.
But with a little practice...
they soon figured it out.
Moments later...
Little Man decided that he needed a 'break.'
This expression makes me laugh...
I'll give you one guess as to 'what' he was doo-ing.
Had talked Miss Amy into spinning her.
I'm not sure who had more fun 'spinning.'mom and Had time...
it was time for Had to start her school career.
Preschool...that is!!!
"Had...turn the page...that one's blank!"
"There...that's better."
I'm in a little shock that the last three years have gone by so fast...
She loved that it was FINALLY time for her
First Day of School Photo Shoot.
OHHH...this girl!!!
P.S. Did you forget that genetically your head is WAY TO BIG to hide behind a tree.
Here she is...SO EAGER to go to school.
And I got to join her for her first day
{it was only an hour long and just helped the kiddo's get acquainted with their new school, new friends and new routine}
There is a special reason as to why I am so THRILLED to have my girls attend this preschool...
It was founded by my very own Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Harris.
Unfortunately, she passed away last fall...and is missed dearly by the hundreds and hundreds of students that she had.
But she was wise enough to train and teach her daughter the in's and out's of her success as a teacher and so the legacy continues.
In just the hour we were there...Had got a lot done...
She had a few calls to catch up on up in 'the loft.'
She got to know 'Cherokee...'
...completed a puzzle or two.
...and was so EXCITED to be a part of 'circle-time.'
"One-Two-Three..."
{sidenote-look at those high-lights....lucky dog!!!}
Here she goes...
First day...all by herself
"Bye Mom!!!"
Flash-Forward two VERY fast hours...
I am so overly-excited for the memories that our two girls will be making in school this year...it's hard to let them go...
but it's so fun watching them grow
{and really what fun would it be if I kept them all to myself?}
I want to share them with the World...
because they will leave it a better place for having been in it.
