Well yesterday I got a call, he was next on the list. Omg! They asked if he could start today... okay. I wish I had a few days to prepare myself. Aiden, no preparation needed. But I needed to wrap my mind around it!
I cried twice yesterday but we were so busy I didn't have a whole lot of time to think about it. [Halloween post soon.] This morning we went out to get him a new backpack and he asked every other minute if it was time to go to school. His class is 12:30-3:30. I fought the tears all morning. About twenty minutes before we left, I posted a picture on facebook and it hit me. That's when I really wished Steven was doing this with me. Taking our baby to his first day of school. This is huge!
We got there and I met two of the aids. The teacher wasn't there today. I got to see the classroom, they showed Aiden his cubby, they showed me all of the centers and told me the schedule. But I feel like I have no idea what they really do, ya know? We were just thrown into this thing with a day to prepare. Our friends' son goes to the morning class- they went to open house before school started in August and had a home visit. And time to get used to it! I feel so overwhelmed.
Aiden had no problem with me leaving, none. It almost seemed like he couldn't wait for me to leave! I had to get out of there before I lost it. I carried Rian to the car and used her hair to hide my ugly cry face. :(
Oh yeah, we also signed him up for soccer...
He starts in Janary. He's excited. :)
This whole growing up thing is so hard to deal with. As we were driving home from Steven's parents' last night, I thought about how a little over four years we were on that very same street, taking our brand new baby home. How did we get here already?
Preschool and soccer! ahhhhh! baby boy!!!
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