of kindergarten, this is becoming a familiar site in my rear view mirror on our way home.  i am glad that you are liking your teacher and classmates.  and i can tell how much you are learning and growing.  you have come up with some amazing questions in the last few days. like “do jellyfish have eyes?”, “what do bull frogs drink?” and my favorite…”how many more days of kindergarten?”  i know all this learning is exhausting….keep up the good work. ♥ you.  mom

isn’t he the cutest kindergartner ever?  well of course he is, he’s mine!  he had a great first {and second} day at school.  he loves his teacher, and says he played with kids {he still doesn’t know any of their names}.  he told me they sang the chicken song {didn’t know that song, had to ask the teacher about it} and he really likes lunch in the lunch room, buying chocolate milk for a quarter, and of course playing on the playground.  surprisingly, he does not appear to be sick of or annoyed with having mom at school….i’m sure that will change someday.  all in all, kindergarten is a good thing.

it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are {e.e. cummings}

todaythis weekend was great.  it  started off with beautiful weather for Coop’s t-ball game, followed by a fun-tastic birthday party, and spending the night at grandmas.  today there was starbucks for breakfast, shopping with dad at target and a marathon of putting presents together. we finished up the big celebration weekend with a spaghetti dinner made by mom (um….yes i can cook) and some ice cream (C may have had his fill of birthday cake the day before, as he asked for the purple balloon & mom gave him the piece with the purple balloon).  we will be documenting (taking pictures) off all his new lego creations and his other gifts tomorrow, so stay tuned!

i do have to admit that i am a little sad tonight.  a happy kind of sad, hard to explain, but as i carried my now 5 year old up to bed i thought about how big he is, and tried to remember his 1st birthday, or even his birthday last year.  today he is five, next week he is off to kindergarten, and before i know it he will be off to high school, college, and where ever else life takes him.  don’t get me wrong, part of me is glad he is older, and can do so many things: get dressed himself, make decisions about what he wants to wear, brush his teeth, buckle his seat-belt, clean his room, help around the house….you get the idea.  he actually has become quite responsible and helpful, when he wants to.  there are some new things i look forward to seeing him do, like…..tying his shoes, reading, telling time, and making his own breakfast (cereal only).  i’m sure my sadness will pass, just like the memories of his previous birthdays. but i know i can not keep him from growing up.