Last Day of School-2013

Last Day of Pre-K  Tuesday May 21st, 2013

1st Day of School this Year- Monday August 13th, 2012

Last Day of School

   

First Day of School



 I can't believe how fast this year has gone by.  It seems like only yesterday that we were waiting to start building our house and now we have been living here for almost a year!  The kids have GROWN so much, especially sweet Izzie. She has gone from still looking like a baby to looking like a little girl.  Time, please slow down!  Both the kids have had a wonderful school year at Mt. Pleasant.  I am so thankful for our flexible schedules that allowed them to be there this year instead of traditional daycare.  They have both learned SO MUCH and the teachers have just been terrific.  It feels like "family", which is hard to find these days.  Gabriel's writing has improved tremedously and he can identify many letters and numbers. He has made many new friends, some of which will be going with him to Sherrills Ford. He is so eager to learn to read and to start kindergarten!  Of course I am not that eager for "real school" to begin.  I know he is ready but I am not!  I don't want to give up my baby.  I am going to miss him. This year he went to school 3 half days per week.  I got to see him a lot after school since I work from home and also on the days he did not have school. Next year he will be going all day long, every day.  That is going to be a lot of time away from me. I am off on Fridays so I have promised him that I will come and volunteer some in his class on Friday.  He is always talking about the moms that come and help out in his preschool class and I have not been able to go as much as I would have liked.  He didn't go to school on Fridays this year, which was my day off.  So at least next year I can do lunch with him and volunteer some on Fridays.  I am so glad I still have my Izzie at Mt. Pleasant for a few more years, although I know they will fly by!  Tonight is Gabriel's PK graduation, I am going to do my best to keep dry eyes but I know I probably won't be able to help it.  I am tearing up now writing this post! 

Oh the woes of being a momma!  Doing my best to give them wings to fly but also roots so that they will always know the importance of home and family-just like my mom and dad did for me. My mom said "if you think going to kindergarten is rough, just imagine how I felt when I left you at college in Chapel Hill".  I think now I know how she must have felt. Going to college was an exciting new time for me, but for my mom and dad, things were the same at home except I wasn't there.  I know (hope) they missed me!  I can't imagine not seeing my kiddos everyday, I miss them when I am away from them for one night!  Hope they love "home" as much as I do.  My daddy always jokes about how I hated this place and he never thought I would come back after college, grad school, and working/living in Raleigh.  But he was wrong, and now I am living in his backyard!  There is no place like home!