My babies just started kindergarten. Wait... what??
'Twasn't very long ago that I was holding them both in my arms, smelling the scent of their little heads... wait, I did do that a few days ago. They are big and heavy and wiggly and I could only hold them both for a moment, and I think I threw out my back. But it was wonderful to hold them both, and they laughed and then demanded to be let down.
I bought them new shoes for school. One pair is red and the other is blue, because those are their favorite colors. This is the first time I have bought different-looking shoes. Usually I just buy two pair of the same kind of shoe, and then wish I had bought three pair so we would never have to worry about finding that one shoe that is lost. Except that we would just have more shoes to lose, I'm sure. These things never turn out the way you want them to!
As we got their feet measured and started looking at the shoes, I realized that their shoes were much longer now than they are tall. Baby shoes are taller than wide, and the ratio goes quickly to an as-tall-as-wide blob that looks like cartoon feet. I love those little round shoes. And now they look like big boys - with laces! They learned how to tie their shoes in a day. In a day! They are big boys now, with real shoes and backpacks.
'Twasn't very long ago that I was holding them both in my arms, smelling the scent of their little heads... wait, I did do that a few days ago. They are big and heavy and wiggly and I could only hold them both for a moment, and I think I threw out my back. But it was wonderful to hold them both, and they laughed and then demanded to be let down.
I bought them new shoes for school. One pair is red and the other is blue, because those are their favorite colors. This is the first time I have bought different-looking shoes. Usually I just buy two pair of the same kind of shoe, and then wish I had bought three pair so we would never have to worry about finding that one shoe that is lost. Except that we would just have more shoes to lose, I'm sure. These things never turn out the way you want them to!
As we got their feet measured and started looking at the shoes, I realized that their shoes were much longer now than they are tall. Baby shoes are taller than wide, and the ratio goes quickly to an as-tall-as-wide blob that looks like cartoon feet. I love those little round shoes. And now they look like big boys - with laces! They learned how to tie their shoes in a day. In a day! They are big boys now, with real shoes and backpacks.
We walked them to school, Trent and I, and slowly made our way home. The house felt empty and quiet. I've seen this milepost coming for two decades - the day when all my children were in school. It happened briefly when Eddie started kindergarten, and Angel was born a few weeks later. But now it's the real deal.
I had a good cry about missing my babies - all of them. There will be no more new kindergarten children clinging to my hand and nervous to go into the giant, busy school. Oh how I've loved being a mama for my babies!
We're starting a new chapter here, and I have no doubt that it will be filled with as much love as the last chapters. Maybe even more.
I had a good cry about missing my babies - all of them. There will be no more new kindergarten children clinging to my hand and nervous to go into the giant, busy school. Oh how I've loved being a mama for my babies!
We're starting a new chapter here, and I have no doubt that it will be filled with as much love as the last chapters. Maybe even more.
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