- This is her very FIRST day of school... Oh how I wish she would have that big bow tomorrow and a smocked dress on... I know Bobby Carol is watching over us tonight and in the morning he will make sure she is safe! ... He stayed to take her two days to school instead of just one... he was the best!
The next year Papa wasn't with us anymore, but Mark took her in the truck to remember him by.... She was so excited to go to school...
By 2nd grade, we had moved back to Lincolnton and she went to school the first day in Papa's truck again! She graduated to wearing a skirt to school instead of a dress!
Third grade... my favorite of all these pictures... I could eat her up... I love that smile and eagerness to get to school... I hope it stays that way forever!
The next year was a big one! Both of them at the same school... KB in 4th grade and Ben in Pre-K... they look so young! sniff sniff
No longer babes...no longer at the same school... KB's first year at middle school and Ben is going to K-5!
And last year... oh my how they have grown since then... KB going to 6th grade and Ben to 1st!
I'm sure tomorrow will be filled with pictures to make more memories... I'm excited....
- My baby girl, going to 7th grade, who is 12, will be entering LCMS for the third year... she isn't dumb...just that out of place class that is going to middle school for four years instead of three. She has grown so much this summer. God plans things just right... he knew I needed someone to learn how to wash clothes, iron, vacuum, and show a little tlc around the house! He knew that would make me feel better about being away from home so much! She has been even more of a helper this summer because she babysat that precious little brother of hers! We didn't have any killings either...so that is a plus. I am so proud she is my daughter... she is nothing like me though...I love her organization... her perfection of everything she does... and how much she generally cares at this age...and I didn't! It makes my heart swell with pride to receive text messages about former teachers missing her and even one volunteered for her to come and live with them! May she always have this love for learning...or least make her teachers think that! I pray for a smooth year in middle school. I love middle school children... I know some think they are corny and are afraid of them... but I think that they are pretty neat! I'm hoping she learns to keep her sucking teeth, moaning and groaning, and rolling eyes to the home environment... or else she might be spending some time in trouble! Good luck in 7th grade Sis!
- My baby boy is going to 2nd grade. I'm afraid this is the year he might realize that even though he can tell all these boys what to do... they are finally going to realize that he is much smaller than them and not listen to him anymore... what a shock this will be! He is so excited about school... he told me the other day he couldn't wait to get back... This little one... just like me... would rather socialize at school... do his work as fast as he can so he can check out what everyone else is doing... and doesn't mind being really honest about things that aren't important to him... This scares me... I want him to be a tough little boy, but I don't want him to be mean and disrespectful... My cell is on speed dial from the school...I am sure! Good luck tomorrow Boo... may your first day of 2nd grade be memorable and fun and more exciting than the summer of your mama going back to college and leaving you at home with a "girl" was!
- I'm saying a special prayer tonight for those mamas taking their babies to school in the morning... that is one thing that I have never gotten to do... it makes me sad that I can't be there to take my babies and kiss them good-bye...and see their classrooms on that first day... I just don't think open house is the same... If I ever become a principal... I will personally cover the classes so mamas can go and see their elementary babies on the first day... I am jealous... I know that KB would rather eat dirt than have me walk inside with her, but I sure would like to hold Ben's hand while he walked down the hall.
- We are headed to bed early tonight... you know it will take us three hours to get to sleep... the butterflies are there... the nerves are there... and of course the worries are there... God watch over this school year, wrap Your arms around their little hearts and make them feel loved, and be with the parents who are experiencing the separation for the first time! It gets better...I promise!
Sis and Boo... I hope you always love school... as much as you do now... and may you shine to someone else just have as much as you make my heart shine! I love you both!
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