School Starts Tomorrow

Oh my goodness...I knew it was coming, I thought I was prepared, but I am having a really hard time knowing that tomorrow, SCHOOL STARTS!   Leah will be a big 5th grader and Logan will be going to school for the very first time, as a Kindergartener!  REALLY???!!!  How's this happen?!

I have been washing clothes for them to wear tomorrow, and only, "almost," had a slight breakdown at the sight of Logan's little shirts and shorts.  I have also been trying to prepare him for what to do and not do at school.  I told him to make sure he used good manners.  As he looked at me, expressionless, I asked him if he knew what good manners were...he replied, "Don't say people are weird and don't spit on people."  Yep.  I told him that was right but to also make sure to say please, thank you, and no thank you.  I also had to tell him that he could not talk about his "privates" at school since this is one of his favorite things to laugh about.  Another thing I had to tell him was that if he drew any pictures of the family, that he could NOT put boobs on us.  Yes, these are things that I have to tell my child because I know how his little brain works!

Please say a prayer for us tonight...tomorrow is going to be tougher than I had thought and I just want to cry when I think about him starting school.  And I want to cry thinking about this being Leah's last year of grade school.  My babies are growing up, whether I'm ready for it, or not!

Kindergarten...

Oh my.  I knew it was coming.  I can't believe it is here.  ONE WEEK until Kindergarten for my little Logan!  I am so sad.  I am so excited.  I think I'm ready for this.  I think I'm gonna cry.  So many mixed emotions about him going to school, already!  I am not even joking when I say that it feels like he was just a couple years old, and now, he's FIVE!?!  

People say that time flies, but until it happens to you, you can't possibly realize the truth in it!  

I hope that he's ready...I have worked with him for awhile on his letters and things.  He is really good at patterns.  He loves to play games on the computer.  He seems to be smart.  I worry about the other things.  The small things that I haven't let him do just because it was 1) either more convenient for me to do 2) I just didn't realize that he would be 5 so soon and need to know how to do these things on his own.  He doesn't fasten his own seat beat - if I remember correctly, Leah didn't know how to fasten hers in Kindergarten either though.  He probably doesn't know how to put his own jacket on, I have always done that because if he needed his jacket on, it meant we were leaving, which usually means we are in a hurry!  He is currently wearing his shorts backward, etc.  He isn't the best at writing his letters and he isn't very good at using scissors.  Have I babied Logan?  AB-SO-FREAKIN-LUTELY!  He was my baby that I didn't think I'd ever have...2 years of heartache and then a bouncing baby boy to spoil rotten?  You better believe I have babied him!  LOL!

I watch him play with his toys and on his DS with such amazement.  I'm sure all parents do this - I do with Leah too.  How did "I" get to be so lucky as to be his Mommy?!  I might fuss about the kids driving me crazy, but daggone it, those kids are the thing that keeps me going!  I am blessed beyond I ever deserved to be!

Kindergarten.  What a huge milestone.  I'm excited for him.  I think he's going to do OK.  And, I think I'm gonna do OK too.   

Here's to my baby boy starting school next week!