I did it...

without even crying!! Hannah went to her first day of Kindergarten today. She loved it. Hannah had been so anxious all day to go. As soon as she woke up, she got on her new school clothes and kept asking when it was time to go and so I told her after lunch we would go to school. About 10:00 am she was ready for her lunch so we could eat it and be off to school. I held her off until 11:30. After lunch we went to her school, about 30 minutes early and we played on the playground. She has been so excited to start school and I have not once heard her say anything about being worried or scared... until on our way to school she said, "Mom, I think I am a little bit scared to go to school." I told her that it is ok to be a little bit scared, and that she had friends and a nice teacher to help her. She then said, "I am a little bit scared, but I still want to go." She did such a great job.
I was with her on the playground until the teacher came to get all the kids. All of the kids were lining up and walking into the classroom when Hannah looked at me with her big eyes and a look on her face that said, "mom, don't leave me." I just gave her a big smile and waved, which must have given her enough courage to turn around and go into the room. It was at that moment that I felt a little tear in the corner of my eye, but that was it. Just one little tear. I have come a long way since Kindergarten registration.

I am very excited for Hannah to be learning new things, and getting new friends, but there is a part of me that is sad. I loved having all of my kids home. I loved the freedom of not being tied down to any schedule, we could do anything we wanted, go anywhere with all of my kids, enjoy all of my kids at home, knowing where they were and that they were safe. I guess I am like a mother hen who likes all of her little chicks under her wings. Thinking about how I would miss having Hannah at home made me think a little about homeschooling her... but only a little. Hannah is ready to move on, and to learn, and begin to become her own little person, and I am excited about that. I know she will do great.


Hannah is in a class with two of her little friends, Gavin and Chelsea.


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