Aunt Sandra's Preschool - First Day

Aunt Sandra's Preschool

Brynlee's second year of Preschool.

There are 3 girls with her same name in her class (all spelled differently).

She picked out her own outfit. 

Flamingos in love.

Ty gave her a Father's blessing last night and it melted my heart. 

When she woke up this morning she was sleepy but excited. 

All morning long she kept saying, mommy my cell phone says it's time to go now.

We had a good talk yesterday about being friends and being nice to everyone, even if they aren't nice to you. As I dropped my baby off, she gave me a kiss and went to play with one of the girls that was already there (one of the Brynlie's). She didn't look back. Standing there in the doorway, I wanted to hover and see how she would act, what she would do. There was no need. She is a brave girl with an eagerness to learn and love everyone. She loves school and that makes me so proud of her. 

In a hurry I left because I didn't want to cry in front of everyone. 

This is really happening. 

She's growing up right before my eyes and sometimes I feel like I'm missing it. 

Constantly I am reminding myself to slow down, open my eyes and look around. 

She is in a magical 4 year old world and I need to make more of an effort to be apart of it, instead of trying to be a successful business owner, runner, and all those other things that I 'think' are so important and really aren't. 

Not saying I should lose myself but this munchkin is only little once, I have my whole life to train for a marathon and have a million dollar company (exaggeration :) ). 

The ride home from dropping her off was miserable. 

Typing this is making my throat and eyes hurt because I'm trying to not break down. 

I got a lot done in the 2 1/2 hours she was gone but I had to put music on and try not to think about why the house was so quiet without it! I honestly was so excited when I got to go pick her up. 

She was happy to see me, not even close to being as happy as I was to see her though.

I have a feeling I'm going to be one of those overly excited Mothers about any and every little thing that happens in her life. Oh you learned how to tie your shoes? Let's have a party!!!! Haha!

I love her and there's nothing wrong with that! 

Upon pick up, Aunt Sandra informed me that Brynlee knows how to spell her name even when someone is trying to tell her to spell it incorrectly. This was her first attempt at writing her name this school year. I'm going to compare it to the end of the year and see the progress :) 

I was also informed that she's the only Brynlee in her class that knows all her numbers and doesn't need to practice them at home because she's ahead of the game. 

Proud Mama moment!

However, we will continue to work on them as well as I'm teaching her to read. 

Year 2: Day 1 down.... 

I've only got 14 more first day of school left before she graduates high school.

That's not very many.

Soak it up and take it in, it's gonna fly by.